The Exploration of Space

By Sydmeister99

  • Launch of Sputnik the Russian Sattelite.

    It was Oct. 4, 1957 when the Soviet news agency Tass announced to a stunned world that the Soviet Union had successfully placed Elementary Satellite 1, aka "Sputnik," into an elliptical orbit 900 kilometers above the Cold War-wracked planet. The aluminum sphere was the first man-made object to orbit the Earth, and its celestial presence electrified the world and kicked the Space Age into high gear, leading in short order to the formation of NASA.

  • NASA Sends "Ham" the Chimp to go in to Space.

    NASA Sends "Ham" the Chimp to go in to Space.
    On Jan. 31, 1961, Ham was strapped inside a Mercury capsule and blasted into space by a Redstone Rocket on a short, 15-minute suborbital flight.

  • John Glenn Orbits Earth in Frendship 7, 1961-1963.

    John Glenn Orbits Earth in Frendship 7, 1961-1963.
    http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/mercury_mission.html

  • Neil Armstong takes, "One step for man, one huge leap for man kind."

    Neil Armstong takes, "One step for man, one huge leap for man kind."
    Neil Armstrong walks on the moon for the first time in human history.

  • First automatic sample return from the Moon

    First automatic sample return from the Moon
    The USSR gets first automatic sample return from the Moon in Mission "Luna 16".

  • First X-ray orbital observatory by NASA.

    First X-ray orbital observatory by NASA.
    First X-ray orbital observatory by NASA.

  • First photos and soil samples from the surface of Mars USA (NASA)

    First photos and soil samples from the surface of Mars USA (NASA)
    First photos and soil samples from the surface of Mars USA (NASA)

  • First Reusable manned spacecraft (orbital)

    First Reusable manned spacecraft (orbital)
    First Reusable manned spacecraft called the STS (orbital) was launched by NASA April 12th, 1981.

  • Teacher and Crew Dies on Challenger Launch Explosion

    Teacher and Crew Dies on Challenger Launch Explosion
    A school teacher named Christa McAuliffe died with the crew of a shuttle launch. She was supposed to be the first teacher to ever go in to space, but something went wrong and they blew up before leaving the atmosphere.
    I think it effects us because it could be a learning experience.

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

    First photos from the surface of another planet (Venus)
    First photos from the surface of another planet (Venus) (USA) (NASA)

  • First mission into the atmosphere of a gas giant (Jupiter)

    First mission into the atmosphere of a gas giant (Jupiter)
    First mission into the atmosphere of a gas giant (Jupiter) by USA (NASA)

  • First landing on an asteroid

    (433 Eros) USA (NASA)

  • Nuclear-powered NASA rover successfully lands on Mars to seek out life clues.

    Nuclear-powered NASA rover successfully lands on Mars to seek out life clues.

  • Space Spandex invented in 1995

    Yay! Spandex. The suits were made of it, now we live for it.