-
Galeleo and the First Refracting Telescope
Galeleo created the first refracting telescope and looked into space. He seen many objects. -
Period: to
Space Exploration 1605-1957
-
Speed of Light Measured
Ole Romer measures the speed of light. -
Isaac Newton Invents 3 Laws of Motion
Isaac Newton invented the three laws of motion. This later helps explain how a rocket moves. -
Isaac Newton Invents the Reflecting Telescope
Isaac Newton invents the first reflecting telescope. He named it Newtonian telescope. -
Discovery of the First Asteroid
A man named Piazzi discovers the first asteroid. -
First Liquid-Fueled Rocket Launched
In Massachusetts Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket. -
First Radio Telescope Invented
Grote Reber invents the first radio telescope. -
First Human-Made Obeject in Space
Hermann Oberth created a V-2 missle and launched. It launched so high it left Earth and went into space, making it the first human-made object in space. -
First Satellite Launched
Soviet Union launched the first satellite into space. They named it Sputnik 1. It orbited until 1958. -
Sputnik 2-First Animal in Space
Soviet Union launche the secong satellite into space. (Sputnik 2). On the satellite they placed a dog named Laika. The dog did not survive. -
Period: to
Space Exploration 1958-1980
-
First USA Satellite in Space
The USA launches their first satellite into space, Explorer 1. -
Formation of NASA
NASA is formed by Dwight D. Eisenhower because of Sputnik 1 that was launched by USSR. -
First Man-Made Object to Orbit the Sun
Russia launched Luna 1 and wanted it to hit the Moon. It got thrown into space by the Moon gravity and orbited the Sun. -
First Man in Space
USSR lanches Vostok 1 with Yuri A. Gargarin. He was the first man in space and orbited Earth once. -
First American in Space
Alan Shepard was the first American in space and his flight only lasted 15 minutes. -
First Spacecraft on the Moon
Soviet Luna 9 soft lands on the moon. -
First Picture of Earth from Space
USA launches Lunar Orbiter 1 and it orbits the Moon. It takes the first picture of Earth from that distance in space. -
First American Spacecrat on the Moon
Surveyor 1 softly landed on the moon 9 miles away from it's target. -
First Humans on the Moon
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men on the Moon using Apollo 11. -
First Probes on Mars
USA's Viking Probes land on Mars. -
Period: to
Space Exploration 1981-Today
-
Discovery
America used Discovery to build the ISS (International Space Station). Discovery was used for many repairs also. -
First Female in Space
USA sent the first woman into space. Her name was Sally K. Ride. -
Atlantis
Atlantis was for a lot of different things but one use way to travel to the Kennedy Space Center. -
Challenger
Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after launch and kills all 7 passengers. One passenger was going to be the first teacher in space. -
Hubble Space Telescope
America launches a space shuttle carrying the Edwin P. Hubble Space Telescope, it was a great invention but took blurry images. -
Pathfinder/Rovers/Mars/Sojournor
America launches Pathfinder and it lands on Mars with the rover Sojournor. Sojournor explores Mars for over 80 days. -
International Space Station-ISS
The USA amd 15 other countries are part of the involvment in the ISS, NASA being the center of it. -
Messenger
America launched Messenger to orbit the closest planet to the Sun, Murcury. It did exactly that -
Largest Space Telescope in Orbit
Russia launches Spektr-R known as the biggest space telescope to be in orbit. -
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner
Felix Baumgartner goes 24 moles up and jumps from space.
