Space timeline

  • The first telescope, Galileo Galilei

    Galileo created the first telescope.
  • First telescope

    The first telescope by Galileo Galilei
  • Sputnik

    The first space satellite that was lunched by the Soviet Union
  • Explorer 1

    Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States. It was designed and built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the California Institute of Technology.
  • Moon landing

    Apollo 13 was a historical event in everyone's history. Man kind landed on the moon, making it the end of the space race.
  • Hubble space telescope

    The Hubble space telescope was lunched.
  • First African American woman

    Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman in space
  • Teacher

    Space Shuttle Endeavour and a crew of seven blasted off with teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan aboard as a crewmember. Morgan was the first teacher in space since the Challenger disaster in 1986.