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1609-1957
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First Telescopic Event
Galileo Galilei made the first telescopic observation in the night sky. He found out about Jupiter's Moon, Venus' Phases and the Moon's craters. -
First Picture Of The Moon
John William Draper is credited with taking the first telescopic and detailed picture which was on the moon from his rooftop observery in New York City. -
Goddard' Famous Publication
Robert H. Goddard publishes his book "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes" which describes his mathematical theories of rocket flight and his research in solid-fueled and liquid-fueled rockets. This book influence rocket pioneers Herman Orbeth and Werner von Braun. -
First Liquid Fueled Rocket
Rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid fueled rocket from Auburn, Massachusetts in a farm. The small rocket reached an altitude of 41 feet and the speed of 60 miles per hour and though the rocket only lasted 2.5 seconds it paved a way for the U.S. Rocket Program. -
Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite which triggered the Space Race. The mission was led by Mikhail Klavdievich and was launched by the Soviet Union. -
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1958-1980
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First Man in Orbit
Turk Gagarin was the first human in space and to orbit the Earth. He helped boost the Soviet Union Program in the Soace Race and intensify things with the United States. -
First American Spacewalk
Ed White became the first American to conduct a space walk during the Gemini 4 mission. -
First Man On The Moon
After President Kennedy challenged NASA to put humans on the moon. Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon. He made it there by a mission called Apollo 11. -
Space Race
The Space Race was a competition between the Soviet Union and the United Statesfor spacecraft capability supremacy. -
First Manned Skymission
Skylab 2 was the first manned skymission to orbit Earth. Paul J. weitz was one of the three member of the first men to be live in a space station. -
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle is a reusable low Earth Orbital spacecraft. This spacecraft has completes 135 mission from 1981-2011 and the first American woman,Sally Ride became an astronaut there. -
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1981- Present
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Hubble Telescope
The Hubble Telescope is a major optical telescope in space. Hubble observes more distant stars and galaxies and has made 1.3 million observations. The telescope has been named after scientist Edwin Hubble. -
Magellan
The Magellan is an American spacecraft that has landed on Venus. The spacecraft brought 98% map page coverage of the planet. The program scientist is named Joseph M. Boyce. -
The International Space Station
The International Space Station is a space station in low Earth orbit. This station is used by many countries such as Canada, Japan, USA, Germany, The Russian Federation etc. The current team includes Joe Acaba, Alexander Misurkin, Mark Vand Hei, Sergei Ryazanskiy, Commander Randy, Bresnik, and Paolo Nespoli. -
Phoenix
Phoenix is a robotic spacecraft that went to a mission on Mars and found out that Mars was suitable for microbial life on Mars and the history of water there. The Spacecraft's PI is Peter Smith.
