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First sighting of the moon through a telescope.
Galileo Galilei discovered that the moon had small dark spots on the exterior. He noted that the moon consists of valleys, plains, and mountains, much like on Earth. -
The World's first liquid-fueled rocket was made.
Without Robert H. Goddard's innovative vision, it is very unlikely that we would have reached the stage we are at today. It set the base for all modern rockets. -
First monkey was launched into space.
The U.S. successfully launched the rhesus monkey called Albert l into space which helped scientists investigate the biological effects of space travel. -
First ballistic middle produced.
The USSR developed the R-7 during the Cold War. It made 28 launches between 1957 and 1961. It was the base for the Sputnik 1 launch and became the basis for the R7 family. -
First artificial satellite was put into space.
The USSR successfully launched Sputnik l into space, which ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. It helped man the start of space age and the U.S.- USSR space race. -
Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the U.S.
Was built and designed by the Jer Propulsion Laboratory. It carried a cosmic ray detector which led to Explorer principal Investigator Dr. James Van Allen,s discovery of radiatin belts around the Earth held in place by the planets magnetic rings. -
Start of the space race.
President Kennedy challenged the country to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade which began the space race. -
First women in space.
Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova spent almost 3 days in space and orbited Earth 48 times. An error in the spacecrafts automatic navigation software caused the ship to move away from Earth. Tereshkova noticed this and the Soviet scientists quickly developed a new landing platform. -
Apollo 13 was launched.
Apollo 13 and it's crew- James A. Lovell, Jr., John L. Swingers, Jr., and Fred W. Haise, were suppose to land in the Fra Mauro Area, but due to an explosion on board, it began to circle the moon without landing. -
Voyagers 1 & 2.
Between March and August, voyagers 1 & 2 began transmitting images of Jupiter and her moons. -
Columbia became the first space shuttle to be launched.
The 7 member crew completed over 27 missions in 22 years, but all died. -
First American women walked in space.
Kathryn Sullivan and her crew mare did a trial fluid transfer to demonstrate that it was feasible to refuel satellites in orbit, which was a key speaks for the servicing of satellites. -
Space Shuttle Atlantis became the last American space shuttle to be launched into space.
Atlantis space mission STS-135 with a 4 member crew and it brought back much-needed supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. -
The Space Shuttle Discovery developed the Hubble Space Telescope.
Edwin Powell Hubble made the Hubble Telescope which showed that the fuzzy patches of light were actually galaxies and that the universe was indeed expanding. -
Curiosity Rover
NASA's Curiosity Rover successfully landed on Mars, carrying an array of advanced new instruments and experiments.
