Space Timeline

The first telescope

Jan 1, 1608

The first telescope was built by Galileo. He made an refracting telescope. It had convex lenses.

Telescope used to get a clear picture of the moon

Oct 3, 1840

John William Draper was the first man to have a telescope that took a clear image of the moon

Launching the first liquid rocket

Mar 16, 1926

Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets in Aburn, Massachusetts

V2 Mission

Jan 1, 1929

Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with students in Kennedy space center in Florida

V-2 mission

Mar 16, 1945

First research flight launched by the U.S. captured by the V-2 space rocket

Sputnik 1

Oct 4, 1957

First rocket launched into earth's orbit by the USSR. The mission was called Sputnik 1

Vostok 6

Jun 16, 1963

First woman in space who was Valentina Tereshkova.

Gemini three

Mar 3, 1965

NASA launches the first two-person space flight. The crew was Gus Grissom and John Young

Salyut 1

Apr 19, 1971

First space station in space by USSR

Mars three mission

May 28, 1971

First soft landing on Mars and first signals from the surface

Voyager 1

Feb 14, 1990

First photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA

NEAR mission

Feb 17, 1996

First landing on an asteroid by U.S. NASA

NEAR Shoemaker

Feb 14, 2000

First orbit around an asteroid. Eugene Shoemaker and NASA was involved

Hayabusa 2 mission

Jun 13, 2010

First sample of an asteroid brought back to earth by Japan. JAXA was involved

MRO

Aug 6, 2012

When MRO landed on Mars. Scott Hubbard and Jennifer Trosper was involved.