Space Exploration

By Rw21275

  • First spotting of the moon through a telescope

    Galileo Galilei spotted craters on the moon for the first time while looking through a telescope

  • First Liqued Feuled Rocket Launched

    First Liqued Feuled Rocket Launched
    Robert H. Goddard launched the first rocket to have liquid fuel

  • First rocket launched by the Soviet Union

    The Soviet Union launched their first rocket on their own.

  • First Research Flight Launched

    First Research Flight Launched
    First research flight launched by the US captured by the V-2 space rocket

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    Sputnik was launched into obit by the USSR. Sputnik was the first artificial satellite to orbit the world

  • First man in space

    First man in space
    Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin becomes the first man in space

  • First trip around the World

    John Gleen traveled in the Friendship 7 around the world.

  • First flyby of Mars

    First flyby of Mars
    NASA's mariner 4 conducts the first flyby of Mars

  • First man on the moon

    First man on the moon
    Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon along with pilot Buzz Aldrin

  • First Space Station Launched

    Russia's Salyut 1, the worlds first space station was launched from and unmanned rocket.

  • Voyagers Launched

    America's Voyagers 1 and 2 deep space probes are launched

  • Columbia was Launched

    The US space shuttle era begins with the flight of Columbia. John Young and Bob Crippen were the crew on this mission.

  • Challenger Disaster

    Challenger Disaster
    After about 73 seconds after takeoff, the Challeger space shuttle started breaking away and disintegrating, the problem found to be an O-ring, killing all 7 crew members (one being the first astronaut in space). Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Judith A. Resnik, Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, Ronald E. McNair, Mike J. Smith, and Ellison S. Onizuka were aboard this trip. Although sad, it helped NASA focus on the safety improvements on the rockets that needed to be done.

  • Hubble is Launched

    Hubble is Launched
    The Hubble Space Telescope is launched into orbit by the space shuttle Discovery

  • Mars Rover Launched

    The US Mars Rover named Sojourner was launched into space and wheeled mar's surface to explore the geology

  • The International Space Station

    The International Space Station
    The International Space Station was launched. This is a place for astronauts to stay long-term in space to do research. It was also a joint project between the USA, Russia, Japan, Canada, several European countries, and Brazil