Space travel timeline

 

1^st telescopic observation of the night sky by Galileo

1610

Galileo creates a large magnifier using two lenses.

 

Robert H. Goddard launches first rocket

1926

Robert H. Goddard designs a liquid-powered rocket that burns for 20 seconds and lifts off the ground.

Frist V-2 rocket launch

1944

A V-2 Rocket is designed by Germany to bomb Great Britain in World War II.

 

First dog in space

1951

Laika, a stray dog off the streets of Moscow, is the first dog to be launched into space. Unfortunately, Liaka dies after when the cabin overheats.

Frist artificial satellite in space

1957

Russia launches the Sputnik I into orbit around the earth.

First human in space

April 1961

The USSR sends Yuri Gagarin into space.

 

First human piloted

space flight

May 1961

 

The USA sends Alan B. Shepard into space piloting the Mercury Freedom 7.

Frist man on the moon

1969

Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon.  He travels to the moon in the Apollo 11 along with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.

First space station

1971

 

The Salyut I, launched by the USSR is the first space station launched into space.

First untethered space walk

1984

Bruce McCandless II conducts the first untethered spacewalk.

Challenger explosion

1986

The USA Challenger mission explodes 70 seconds after liftoff killing all seven astronauts on board.

Cassini-Huygens mission launched

1997

The Cassini-Huygens mission orbits and studies Saturn.

 

Kepler mission launched

2009

The Kepler mission is sent with the purpose of surveying our region of the Milky Way galaxy to discover hundreds of Earth-size and smaller planets in or near the habitable zone.

Completion of Cassini-Huygens mission

2017

The Cassini is destroyed when it is intentionally sent by NASA on a final mission to view Saturn’s rings as it it’s last rations of fuel are used.

First car in space

2018

Elon Musk sends his personal car, a cherry red Tesla roadster, into space.