Space technology timeline

By sillynillyclive

  • First refracting telescope

    First refracting telescope
    This telescope was created in the netherlands by a spectacle maker named Hans Lipperhey. Hans created this telescope by putting two lenses in a tube, this created us to have the ability to view the universe im more detail than ever.

  • First reflecting telescope

    First reflecting telescope
    The first reflecting telescope was created by Isaac Newton. Instead of two lenses it used a single curved main mirror, together with a smaller flat mirror. Newton built this telescope because he suspected it could prove his theory that white light is composed of a spectrum of colours.

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The chief constructor of the Sputnik satellite was Mikhail S. Khomyakov. The Sputnik was a 585-millimeter diameter. This was the first artificial earth satellite. it was sent by the soviet union into an elliptical low Earth orbit. it sent one signal back to earth before its batteries ran out.

  • Voyager 1&2 probes

    Voyager 1&2 probes
    The probes were built at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California and were funded by NASA. The Voyager probes were constructed to conduct closeup studies of Jupiter and Saturn, Saturn's rings, and the larger moons of the two planets.

  • Canadarm

    Canadarm
    The manufacturer of the Canadarm was spar aerospace. The Canadarm is now renowned as Canada's most famous technological achievement in the field of robotics. This robotic arm supported U.S. space shuttle missions for 30 years. The purpose of the Canadarm was to deploy, manoeuvre, and capture payloads.

  • Mir Space station

    Mir Space station
    The Soviet Union launched the Mir Space Station. The Orbital assembly of Mir began with the launch of the Proton-K rocket. Its purpose was to improve understanding of the difficulties in establishing a permanent presence in space.

  • Hubble Telescope

    Hubble Telescope
    The Hubble telescope was created by NASA and the European Space Agency. Hubble's frame is made of graphite epoxy covered by a light aluminum shell and a multi-layered shroud of insulation that stabilizes the temperature inside the telescope. The purpose of the Hubble telescope is to explore the universe in visible, ultraviolet, and infrared wavelengths.

  • W.M Keck Observatory

    W.M Keck Observatory
    The principal designer of the W.M. Keck Observatory was a man named Jerry Nelson. The purpose that many astronomers use the W.M. Keck Observatory is to observe the universe with unprecedented power and precision.

  • International Space Station

    International Space Station
    The International Space Station is the largest space station to have ever been built. The station resides in low Earth orbit and has a primary purpose of performing microgravity and space environment experiments.

  • Kepler Space Telescope

    Kepler Space Telescope
    The Principle investigator of the Kepler Space Telescope was William J. Borucki. Its purpose was to search a portion of the Milky Way galaxy for Earth-sized planets orbiting stars outside our solar system.

  • Curiosity rover

    Curiosity rover
    The manufacturers of the Curiosity rover were the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Boeing Co., and Lockheed Martin. The Curiosity rover's mission is to study whether Gale Crater had an environment able to support small life forms.

  • TMT telescope

    TMT telescope
    The TMT telescope construction began in 2014 but it was brought to a halt because of a series of protests and demonstrations that began on the Island of Hawaii over the choosing of Mauna Kea for the site location of the Thirty Meter Telescope.

  • Deep Space Climate Observatory

    Deep Space Climate Observatory
    The Deep Space Climate Observatory was created by NASA. The purpose of the Deep Space Climate Observatory is to observe and provide advanced warning of particles and magnetic fields emitted by the sun.

  • Parker Solar Probe

    Parker Solar Probe
    The Parker Solar Probe was created by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The purpose of this was to trace the flow of energy, understand the heating of the solar corona, and explore what accelerates the solar wind.

  • Perseverance rover

    Perseverance rover
    The Jet Propulsion Laboratory created the Perseverance Rover. The rover's mission is to study the site on mars in detail for its past conditions and seek the very signs of past life.

  • James Webb Space telescope

    James Webb Space telescope
    The manufacturers of this telescope were Northrop Grumman, and Ball Aerospace & technology. The purpose of this telescope is to observe farther into the universe than ever before. search for the first stars and galaxies created after the Big Bang.