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Space Timeline

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  • First Refracting Telescope

    First Refracting Telescope
    Galileo created the first refracting telescope and was the first person to aim a magnifying item into outer space.

  • First Reflecting Telescope

    First Reflecting Telescope
    Newton created the first reflecting telescope so that he could see farther into space.

  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1
    The Soviet Union was the first country to get a satellite into space and started the “Space Race”.

  • First Animal in Space

    Soviet dog Laika was the first animal in space and made sure it was safe to put a human in space.

  • Luna 2

    The Luna 2 was the first artificial object to reach another celestial body.

  • Vostok 1

    The Soviet Union was the first country to put an cosmonaut in space.

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    The Apollo 11 mission was when the United States put the first man on the moon.

  • Mars 3

    The Mars 3 was the first space probe to have a soft landing on mars.

  • Pioneer 10

    Pioneer 10 was the first successful mission to go into the asteroid belt and exit the inner solar system.

  • Voyager 1

    This is when NASA was able to get pictures of the entire solar system.

  • NEAR Shoemaking

    The first asteroid landing.

  • Stardust

    The first sample from a comet.

  • MESSENGER

    MESSENGER
    The first orbit around Mercury.

  • Voyager 1

    First manmade probe to enter interstellar space.

  • Philae

    Philae
    The first probe to land on a comet.