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Galileo Galilei's observation
The first spotting of the moon through a telescope. -
First liquid fueled rocket
Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets. -
First personal rocket
Herman's Oberth launches first personal rocket with students. -
German military rockets
First German military liquid fueled rockets developed. -
Soviet union rocket
Soviet Union launches first rocket on there own. -
First research flight
First research flight launched by the U.S. captured by the V-2 space rocket. -
First animals launched into space
First animals launched into space (fruit flies) by the U.S. -
First ballistic missile
First ballistic missle produced by the USSR. -
First artificial satellite
First artificial satellite put into space that brings back signals to Earth launched by the USSR. -
First animal launched into orbit
First animal launched into orbit, dog named Laika launched by USSR and did not return alive. -
1958-1980
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First rocket launched into Earth's orbit
First rocket launched into Earth's orbit by USSR. -
First detection of solar wind
First detection of solar wind by USSR. -
First photograph of the Earth
First photograph of the Earth from the Earth's orbit by U.S. NASA. -
First plants and animals to return to Earth safely
First plants and animals to return to Earth safely/alive from the Earth's orbit. -
First human spaceflight
First human spaceflight and humanned orbital flight. -
First women in space
First women in space by USSR. -
First sighting of Mars
First sighting of Mars and flyby by U.S. NASA. -
First human on the moon
First human on the moon by th U.S (Apollo 11). -
First space station in space
First space station in space by USSR. -
First soft landing on Mars
First soft landing on Mars and first signals from the surface. -
First reusable manned spacecraft
First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S. -
1981-present
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First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune
First spacecraft beyond the orbitnof Neptune by U.S. NASA. -
First photograph of the whole solar system
First photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA. -
First polar orbit around the sun
First polar orbit around the sun by U.S. NASA and the ESA. -
Longest duration in the orbit of Earth
Longest duration in the orbit of Earth by Valeri Polyakov from Russia. -
First orbit of an astroid
First orbit of an astroid by U.S. NASA. -
First landing on an astroid
First landing on an astroid by U.S. NASA. -
Kepler Mission launched first space telescope
Kepler Mission launched first space telescope designated for research of Earth's expoplanets by USA. -
First sample of an astroid
First sample of an astroid brought back to Earth by Japan. -
NASA rover successfully lands on Mars
NASA rover successfully lands on Mars to seek out life clues by U.S. NASA.
