Images 9

Important dates in space exploration

By Chrisomorph

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The USSR made the first artificial satellite

  • Explorer 6

    Explorer 6
    NASA took the first photograph of Earth from orbit

  • OSO-1

    OSO-1
    NASA sent the first orbital solar observatory

  • Luna 10

    Luna 10
    The USSR sent the first artificial satellite around the Moon

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    Commander Neil Armstrong and Pilot Buzz Aldrin were the first humans on the Moon and first space launch of a celestial body

  • Luna 16

    Luna 16
    The USSR had the first automatic sample return from the Moon

  • Salyut 1

    Salyut 1
    The USSR made the first space station

  • Mariner 10

    Mariner 10
    NASA took the first photograph of Venus from Space

  • Voyager 1

    Voyager 1
    NASA took the first photograph of the whole Solar System

  • HALCA

    HALCA
    Japan launched the first orbital radio observatory