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Galileo's Invention
He created the first astronomical telescope -
First American Designed Rocket Reaches Space
The U.S.A launches their first up into space. Called the Wac Corporal. -
First Animal in space
Fruit flies were the first animals sent into space. The fruit flies were in vials. They were sent into space be the V-2 rocket. From the White Launching Sands Proving Grounds. -
Unmanned test
Unmanned Manhigh test flight, thermal insulation test with mockup capsule reached 85,000 feet. ( USA) -
Dogs lanched
Launch of two dogs, Malyshka and Linda, from Kapustin Yar aboard R-1A rocket reached 62 miles. ( USSR) -
First successful flight
First successful flight of intercontinental missile -
First Dog Sent To Space
Laika was a Soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth. -
Monkey
Mercury little Joe 2 flight from Wallops Island , VA, capsule carried Rhesus Monkey " Sam" -
First Astronaut In Space
First man ever in space from Russia named Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. -
First piloted space flight
First human-piloted space flight–(Alan Shepard) First human-crewed suborbital flight -
First impact
First impact into another planet ( Venus) -
Flyby
Saturn flyby (closest approach 124,000 kilometers), close encounter of Titan and encounters with a dozen others. -
Reusable spacecraft
First reusable manned spacecraft ( orbital) -
First women in space
First women in space Valentiana Tereshkova -
First food grown in space
Lettuce was the first food, grown& eaten in space
