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First Spotting Of The Moon Through A Telescope.
On this date Galileo Galilei was the first person to see the moon through a telescope. -
The First Liquid Rockets Are Launched
On this date Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets. -
The First Rocket With Students Launches.
On this date Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with students -
First Rocket With Students Are Launched
On this date Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with students. -
German Military Rockets Launch
On this date the German Military develops first German military liquid fueled rockets. -
First German Military Liquid Fueled Rockets Developed
On this date the German Military produced their first liquid fueled rockets. -
Soviet Union Launches First Rocket
On this date the Soviet Union launched their very first rocket. -
First U.S. Designed Rocket To Reach Edge Of Space (80 km (49 mi))
On this date the first U.S designed rocked reached the edge of space by WAC Corporal. -
The First Research Flight Is Launched By The U.S
The first research flight was launched by the U.S and was captured by the V-2 space rocket -
First pictures of Earth from 105 km
On this date the U.S collected their first pictures of Earth from the V-2 rocket. -
First intercontinental ballistic missile
On this date the USSR launched their first intercontinental balistic missle. This missle was called R-7 Semyorka. -
First artificial satellite, First signals from space
On this date the USSR recieved their first signals from space from Sputnik 1. -
First Satelite Sent By The U.S
On this date Explorer 1 was the first satelite sent in a s pace orbit by the U.S -
Sputnik Five Was Launched
The Soviet craft Sputnik 5 was launched, carrying the dogs Strelka and Belka. They became the first living beings to survive a trip into space. -
First Human In Space
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. -
First American In Space
Astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space. -
President Kennedy Announces To Put Man In Moon
President Kennedy challenged the country to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. -
First Women In Space
Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova became the first woman in space. -
First Man To Walk In Space
While tethered to his spacecraft, cosmonaut Alexi Leonov became the first man to walk in space. -
First American Spacecraft On Moon
Surveyor 1 became the first American spacecraft to land on the moon. -
First Men On Moon
Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men on the moon. -
First Space Shuttle Launched
Columbia became the first space shuttle ro be launched. -
Voyager 2 Reaches Saturn
Voyager 2 reached Saturn and began transmitting images. -
First American Woman In Space
Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on Challenger’s second mission -
First Man To Take Unteatherd Space Walk
Astronaut Bruce McCandless became the first man to take an untethered space walk. -
Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes
The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded seconds after liftoff. -
First African American Woman In Space
Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman in space. -
First Female Shuttle Pilot
Eileen Collins became the first female Shuttle pilot. -
NASA Launches Largest-Diameter Infared Telescope
NASA launched the largest-diameter infrared telescope ever in space, the Spitzer Space Telescope. -
NASA Laumches Mars Lander
NASA launched its Phoenix Mars Lander. -
First Man Made Spacecraft To Orbit An Asteriod
NASA's Dawn spacecraft became the first man made craft to orbit an asteroid. -
NASA Launches Biggest And Best Robot To Explore Mars
NASA launched Curiosity, the biggest, best equipped robot ever sent to explore another planet. It will reach Mars in 2012.
