Timeline of Space Exploration

By lily, emma

  • First spaceflight of time

    First spaceflight of time
    This is the first object that was made by Human and that was launched in space.

  • First picture of the Earth

    First picture of the Earth
    Americans took the first space picture of the Earth at 105km of the ground

  • Launch of Spoutnik 1

    The URSS launched the first human made satellite into orbit around the Earth. This is the beginning of the Space Race.

  • First living being in space

    First living being in space
    The URSS sent Laika, a dog, in space. It becames the first living being in orbit, but not in space, which were flies.

  • First man in space

    Yuri Gagarin who was a russian, becames the first man in space in orbit around the Earth.

  • Kennedy's speech

    The president of the USA announces why he aims at sending a man to the moon before 1970.

  • First french satellite

    The France becomes the third country to send a satellite into space. They enter in the Space Race at this moment.

  • Longest spaceflight of time

    The Russians won the longest time in space in a rocket which last 438 days.

  • Mars Mission

    India launched his first mission to Mars, Mangalyaan. It becomes the fourth country to reach Mars.

  • First food grown in space

    The first food that was made grow in space was lettuce.

  • First recorded sound from Mars

    The Americans recorded sounds from Mars for the first time in 2018

  • First picture of a black hole

    The Americans took the first photo of a black hole with what surround it.

  • Artemis I Mission

    Artemis I is the first mission of the Artemis program of the NASA. This program aims to return to the lunar surface and maintain a more or less continuous human presence.