Events
-Auburn, MA-
Goddard launched first
liquid fueled rocket.
This used liquid O2
and gasoline as the propellant.-Germany-
First V2 launch
Wernher Von Braun
Long range ballistic missile,
first object sent to space.-Soviet Union-
First dog sent to space
but did not orbit
Taygan and Dezik-Soviet Union-
Mikhail Tikhonraeoo
First artificial satellite sent
to orbit - Sputnik 1
size of a beach ball,
weighed 83.6kg,
took 98 minutes to orbit the Earth-Soviet Union-
Yuri Gagarin
First human in space
Vostok 1-USA-
Alan Shepard
First human piloted spaceflight
Freedom 7-USA-
Niel Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
First humans on the moon
Apollo 11-Soviet Union-
First space station
sent to orbit.
Salyut 1-USA-
First untethered space walk
Bruce McCandless and
Col. Robert Stewart
STS 41B
To repair the Solar Max Satellite-USA-
Challenger Explosion
Launched for 73 seconds,
then exploded killing all
7 astronauts.-USA-
Cassini - Huygens Mission launched
A satellite that orbited
around Saturn for over 20 years,
sending back pictures.-USA-
Kepler Mission launched
A satellite searching and
researching Earth sized
planets orbiting other stars.-USA-
Cassini-Huygens Mission Completion
Satellite burned up in Titan's
atmosphere while relaying
scientific data back to Earth.-USA-
First Consumer Car in Space
SpaceX
Elon Musk launched his Tesla
into space to orbit between
Earth and Mars, with Starman
in the driver seat.
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