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Galileo views moon through telescope
The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei -
Robert h. Goddard
Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets -
Hermann Oberth
Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with students -
German rocket
First German military liquid fueled rockets developed -
Soviet Union launches rocket
Soviet Union launches first rocket of there own -
U.S research flight
First research flight launched by the U.S. captured by the V-2 space rocket -
First animals in space
First animals launched into space (fruit flies) by the U.S. -
Artificial satellite
First artificial satellite put into space that brings back signals to earth launched by the USSR -
First animal to go into orbit
First animal launched into orbit, dog named Laika launched by USSR and did not return alive -
Ballistic Missile
First ballistic missle produced by the USSR -
USSR rocket
First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR -
Solar wind
First detection of solar wind by USSR -
Photo of earth
First photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit by U.S. NASA -
Plants and Animals orbit earth
First plants and animals to return to earth safely/alive from the Earth's orbit -
First human in earth
First human spaceflight and humanned orbital flight -
First women in space
First women in space by USSR -
Mars sighting
First sighting of mars and flyby by U.S. NASA -
Artificial satellite
First artificial satellite around another world (moon) purposed by USSR -
Man on Moon
First human on moon by the U.S. (Apollo 11) successful! -
Space station
First space station in space by USSR -
Mars landing
First soft landing on Mars and first signals from the surface -
Reusable spacecraft
First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S. -
Spacecraft beyond orbit of Neptune
First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune by U.S. NASA -
Whole solar system
First photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA -
Polar orbit
First polar orbit around the Sun by U.S. NASA and the ESA -
Longest time in space
Longest duration in the orbit of earth by Valeri Polyakov (437.7 days) from Russia -
Orbiting an asteroid
First orbit of an asteroid by U.S. NASA -
Asteroid landing
First landing on an asteroid by U.S. NASA -
Space telescope
Kepler Mission launched first space telescope designated for research of Earth's expoplanets by USA -
Sample of astroid
First sample of an asteroid brought back to earth by Japan -
Rover on Mars
NASA rover successfully lands on mars to seek out life-clues by U.S. NASA
