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Timeline of Space Exploration

By Mk21242
  • The Moon is Spotted Through a Telescope

    The Moon is Spotted Through a Telescope
    For the first time ever a man named Galilao Galilei has spotted the moon through a telescope he had created.
  • Rocket Launching

    Rocket Launching
    A man named Robert H. Goddard had launched the first liquid fueled rocket into the air. The rocket had reached hights of 1.6 miles in the air and had reached speeds of 550 mph.
  • Animals in Space

    The first animals that ever entered space, that we know of were, fruit flys sent up, into space by the USA in a captured Nazi V2 rocket.
  • First Aftificial Satellite

    First Aftificial Satellite
    The first artificial satellite was launched into space to bring signals back to earth . The satellite was launched by the USSR.
  • A Dog in Space

    A Dog in Space
    A dog named Laika was launched into orbit by the USSR, in a space craft called the Sputnic 2, however she did not return alive becuase of a malfunction of the suit. RIP Laika.
  • Man in Space

    Man in Space
    This was one of the biggest and most successful event throughout history. A man named Yuri Gagarin, a Russian Soviet Pilot was launched into orbit in a space craft called the Vostok 1.
  • First Women in Space

    First Women in Space
    Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova was a retired Russian cosmonaut and politician. She is the first woman to have flown in space. She was launched in the Vostok 6
  • Sighting of Mars

    First sighting of mars and flyby by U.S. NASA
  • "One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind"

    "One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind"
    First human on moon by the U.S. (Apollo 11) successful. The three men who flew in the lunar module eagle were Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.
  • Mars Landing

    Mars Landing
    First soft landing on Mars and first signals from the surface.
  • Beyond Neptune

    Beyond Neptune
    First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune by U.S. NASA
  • The whole solar system

    First photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA
  • Asteroid

    Asteroid
    First orbit of an asteroid by U.S. NASA
  • Landing on an Asteroid

    Landing on an Asteroid
    First landing on an asteroid by U.S. NASA
  • Kepler Mission

    Kepler Mission
    Kepler Mission launched first space telescope designated for research of Earth's expoplanets by USA