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Publication of "Principia"
Sir Isaac Newton published a book called "Philosophae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" about his three laws of gravity and his law of universal gravitation. -
First Exposition of Rocket Mechanics
*No date was given, just the year. I had to put a date in so the day and month are untrue* British Mathematician, William Moore, released a book about the first exposition of rocket mechanics based on Newton's third law of motion. -
Publication of The Exploration of Cosmic Space
**No date was given except for the year. The day and month are incorrect but I had to put one in.** Konstantin Tsiolkovsky published his book that showed space exploration could be theoretically possible. -
Soviet Rocket Society was Established
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First Luquid Fuel Rocket
Robert Goddard launches the first rocket fueled by liquid. -
V - 2
Germany finally successfully launched V - 2. It was the first man made object to achieve suborbital space flight. -
First US High Altitude Flight
The U.S. military achieved their first high altitude flight by rebuilding the German V - 2. -
First American designed rocket to reach Space
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First Animals in Space
The first animals launched into space were fruit flies. -
Sputnik1
Sputnik1 (created by USSR) was the first man - made object to orbit Earth. It remained in orbit until January 14, 1958 -
Explorer1
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NASA is Founded
NASA is founded, replacing National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics which exsisted before it. -
Luna1
Luna1 (launched by USSR) was the first man - made satellite to orbit the Moon. -
First Space Craft to Impact the Moon
On September 12th, Russia launched Lunar2. On September 13th it impacted with the Moon. -
Tiros1
Tiros1 was the first successfu weather satellite launched by the USA. The day on which this happened was nto provided but I have to put one in. The day is incorrect. -
Vostok1
Vostok1 (launched by USSR) carried Yuri A. Gargarin to space, making him the first man in space. -
First American in Space
On May 5th, Alan Shepard was the first American in space. -
The First Space Walk
On March 18th, Alexei A. Leonov (from USSR) was the first person to walk in space. -
First Moonwalk
On July 20th, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men on the moon. -
Mariner9
Mariner9 was the first planet to orbit another planet, Mars. -
First Space Shuttle Launched - USA
Columbia was the first Space Shuttle launched from USA. -
Challenger
Challenger was the second Space Shuttle launched. -
Discovery
Discovery was the thrid US Space Shuttle to be launched. -
Atlantis
Atlantis was the USA's fourth Space Shuttle to be launched. -
Goodbye Challenger
On January 28th, Challenger exploded shortly after it was launched. All seven crew members died. -
Hubble
In April of 1990, Discovery was launched into space, deploying the Edwin P. Hubble Space telescope into Earth's orbit. -
Endeavour
Endeavour took its first mission in 1992. -
First Female Shuttle Pilot
Eileen M. Collins was the first female shuttle pilot. -
Columbia Disaster
When Columbia was returnig to the Kennedy Space Center, a small piece of insulating foam broke off the fuel tank. The piece smashed into one wing of the Shuttle and damaged a tile. The tiles protected the Shuttle from heat and when the Columbia returned to Earth, it could not withstand the temperature and it broke apart. All seven crew members died. -
Final Space Shuttle Flight
Atlantis was the last space shuttle launched before NASA retired the space shuttles and sent the remaining three to museums across the country.
