Space exploration

  • First telescope- Galileo

    First telescope- Galileo
    This was used to see the moon, stars, Jupiter, and many other thinks as well. Galileo was the one who invented this telescope too.
  • Sir Isaac Newton- reflecting telescope

    He made the first reflecting telescope.
  • Sir Isaac Newton- 3 laws of motion

    An object in motion stays in motion, force equals mass multipled by acceleration, and to every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
  • First American rocket to use liquid fuel

    First American rocket to use liquid fuel
    Robert Goddard was the first to use a rocket with liquid fuel.
  • First American designed rocket

    The United States launches its first American-designed rocket. Known as the Wac Corporal, the rocket reaches the edge of space at an altitude of 50 miles after being launched from the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico.
  • First satellite launched

    First satellite launched
    Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States when it was sent into orbit.
  • NASA

    NASA is born. The United States is the country that founded NASA. NASA is a place where people think of new space ideas and is very popular and everyone knows of it.
  • First view of moons far side

    first view of the moon's far side, the Russians launched a satellite to see it. The Russian launches a satellite so they could see the far side of the moon
  • First man on the moon

    First man on the moon
    Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men on the moon. This was in the United States
  • First to enter the asteroid belt

    first mission to enter the asteroid belt and leave the inner solar system. This is between Mars and Jupiter.
  • First space shuttle launch

    first space shuttle launch. Columbia is who launched the first space shuttle.
  • First picture of full solar system

    First picture of full solar system
    first picture of the whole entire solar system. People were finally able to see the whole solar system in one image.
  • Hubble space telescope

    Hubble Space Telescope
    This is a telescope that is in space.
  • First to land on asteroid

    First to land on asteroid
    first landing on an asteroid. NEAR was involved in this asteroid landing.
  • First spacecraft to a dwarf planet

    first spacecraft to visit a dwarf planet. NASA was involved in this.