Space Exploration Timeline

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  • Galileo discovers Jupiter's moons, and lunar craters

    Galileo discovers Jupiter's moons, and lunar craters
    Using a telescope Galileo studied the moon and other planets

  • Rober H. Goddard the first liquid-fueled rocket

    Rober H. Goddard the first liquid-fueled rocket
    Rober H. Goddard the first liquid-fueled rocket

  • First U.S.-designed rocket to reach edge of space 80 km

    First U.S.-designed rocket to reach edge of space 80 km
    First U.S.-designed rocket to reach edge of space 80 km

  • Soviets launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1

    Soviets launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1
    The first artificial satilite launched by the soviets. Named Sputnik 1 first man made object in space

  • First animal in space

    First animal in space
    First animal in orbit, the dog Laika. Put up by the USSR.

  • First image of earth from orbit

    First image of earth from orbit
    The space mission explorer 6 took the first photograph of Earth from space

  • First animals and plants return alive from earths orbit

    First animals and plants return alive from earths orbit
    First animals and plants return alive from earths orbit

  • First human manned spacecraft in orbit

    First human manned spacecraft in orbit
    Vostok 1 put Yuri Gagarin in to orbit USSR

  • First successful space flight

    First successful space flight
    Passengers safety returned to earth

  • First man on the moon

    First man on the moon
    NASA put Neil Armstrong and his crew on the moon

  • First lunar rover

    First lunar rover
    USSR put the first lunar rover on the moon

  • First reusable space shuttle

    First reusable space shuttle
    NASA creates first reusable space shuttle

  • Challenger exploded

    Challenger exploded
    The challenger exploded with a teacher on it

  • First operational rover on another planet

    First operational rover on another planet
    Rover on mars

  • Hubble telescope launched

    Hubble telescope launched
    Disfunction in the lense caused another flight to come up after to repair it

  • First deep space telescope

    First deep space telescope
    To look for another earth like planet