Space Timeline

By Owen Latendresse

  • Time period- 1609-1957

  • First Telescope

    First Telescope
    First telescope observation of the night sky: discovery of Jupiter's moons, lunar craters and the phases of Venus

  • First Clear Picture of Another World

    First clear telescope photograph of another world: the moon

  • First Liquid-Fueled Rocket

    Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket

  • Space Research Flight

    Space Research Flight
    First space research flight (cosmic radiation experiment) captured and improved V-2 rocket.

  • First Animals in Space

    First Animals in Space
    First animals in space (fruit flies)
    Organization- USA

  • Time Period- 1958-1980

  • First space station.

    First space station.
    First space station was made.

  • First impact on Mars

    First impact on Mars

  • First mission to enter asteroid belt

    First mission to enter asteroid belt
    First mission to enter the asteroid belt and leave inner solar system.

  • First multi manned mission

    USSR and USA

  • First photos from the surface of another planet (Venus)

  • Time Period- 1981- Present day

  • First Operational Rover

    First Operational Rover
    First operational rover on another planet (Mars).

  • First sample return beyond lunar orbit (solar wind)

  • First man made probe in interstellar space.

    First man made probe in interstellar space.

  • First flyby of dwarf planet (Pluto)

    First flyby of dwarf planet (Pluto)

  • First food grown and eaten in space

    First food grown and eaten in space
    Lettuce was the first food eaten that was grown in space.