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Pope Gregory 8th and Aloysius Lilius created Gregorian CalendarDetailed astronomical observations during the Warring States period by the Chinese.Mayans create the CodicesFirst suborbital, reusable manned spacecraft, by NASA.France launches the first cat into space.USSR achieves first multi-person (3) crew in orbit.Alexei Leonov of the USSR achieves the first space walk.First crewed spacecraft to change orbits.NASA performs the first successful Mars flyby at 9,846 KM, returning pictures.First orbital rendezvous by NASA.USSR achieves the first unmanned Moon landing.USSR spacecraft impacts Venus.First orbital docking between 2 spacecraft, by NASA.USSR launches the first Moon satellite.NASA's probe begins to map the moonUSSR achieves automated spacecraft docking.Invention of the telescopeGalileo made the first telescopic observation.William Moore used Newton's third law of motion and created Treatise on the Motion of Rockets.John William Draper took the first clear telescopic photograph of the MoonWilliam Parsons was the first to properly observe galaxies.William Leitch was the first to propose rocket spaceflight in his essay, A Journey Through SpaceKonstantin Tsiolkovsky, a Russian-Soviet scientist makes a very important discovery.Robert H. Goddard files for and gets patents for multistage/liquid-fuel rockets.Adriaan Van Maanen makes the first observation of an exoplanet, then not recognised as such.Goddard discussed solid/liquid-fueled rocketry through his paper, "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes"Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel is founded, lasting one year but allowed Goddard to launch his rocket,Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocketThe Conquest of Interplanetary Space discusses orbital effects and rocket mechanics.Germany develops the first rocket powered aircraft, called EnteMilitary liquid-fuel rocket engines developed by GermanySoviets launched their liquid-fuel rocketFrank Malina, a graduate student begins work on a sounding rocket.The Explorer II balloon takes two people 22km into the sky, where they documented the Earth's curve.The first manmade object was launched into space.US performs the first space research flight, into cosmic radiation experiments.First picture of the EarthFirst animals in space (fruit flies)US launches 6 monkeys into space.First two-stage rocketTwo Russian dogs, Dezik and Tsygan, are the first dogs in space, they diedSpace race beginsAmericans launch a triple-stage rocket reaching 1097 KM into spaceUSSR launches Sputnik 1.Laika the dog is launched into space and becomes the first animal in orbitNASA is foundedFirst artificial satellite to reach within vicinity of the moon, Luna 1 launched by the USSR.USSR vessels impact with the moon. October 4 of the same year, they would take a photo of the dark sideNASA launches the world's first solar probe.USSR's plant and animal subjects the first to return alive from orbit.Failed attempt to reach Mars via probe (USSR)USSR launches first monkey into space.First human in space.Alan Shepherd of USA is the first to be a human-piloted spaceflight.First orbital observatory by the USFirst communication between two orbiting manned vehicles.USSR performs Mars flyby at 11,000 KM, but lost contact.USA performs the first successful planetary flyby of Venus at just 34,000 KM.First woman in space Valentina Tereshkova of the USSR.USSR successfully sends plants and animals to orbit the Moon and return safely.NASA achieves the first orbital Moon mission and
the first Trans-Earth InjectionFirst crew docking and exchange, by USSR.The Moon landing (Project Apollo), with samples returned.First automatic sample return from the moon by the USSR.First lunar rover.NASA launches Uhuru, a X-ray orbital observatory.USSR makes a soft landing on Venus and acquires signals from said planet.USSR's Salyut I is the first space station ever.USSR launched a manned orbital observatory, the first of it's kind.NASA maintains orbit around Mars successfully.First soft landing on Mars, by the USSR.NASA performs a flyby of Venus at 5768 KM.End of Space RaceFormation of the ESA (European Space Agency)USSR and USA team up and make the first multinational manned mission.First successful photos of Venus by the USSR.NASA brings back successful photos and soil samples from Mars.NASA, ESA and UK operate the first real-time UV orbital observatory.NASA has a flyby of Jupiter.NASA develops the Space Shuttle.USSR obtains sound recordings and soil samples from Venus.USSR gets the first woman on a space station.First spacecraft to pass Neptune, by NASA.Bruce Mcandless II of NASA has the first untethered spacewalk.USSR's Svetlana Savitskaya is the first woman to spacewalk.The infamous Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, exploded 73 seconds after takeoff, taking out all 7 astronauts, one of them a high school teacher.First orbital cosmic microwave observatory (NASA)NASA and ESA launch an optical orbital observatory, the Hubble TelescopeLongest duration spent in space.First orbit of Jupiter and first atmospheric mission into Jupiter.Japan launches the first orbital radio observatory.USA creates the first Mars Rover.The creation of the ISS12 February 2001, first orbiting and landing on an asteroid (433 Eros) by USA and ESA.First soft landing on Titan, one of Saturn's moons. (USA, ESA and Italy)First sample return from comet by NASA.First Chinese lunar orbiter.USA commences the Kepler Mission, to find exoplanets.Japan presents the first sample from a asteroid.India is the first country to create a successful interplanetary orbiter on first try.Japan and USA are the first countries to grow edible food (lettuce) in space.VTOL landing for orbital rockets is achieved.Japan launches a rover onto an asteroid.First contact binary to be explored by probes (Japan) [(486958) 2014MU69] Ultima Thule.First soft landing on the far side of the moon.NASA declares the Opportunity Rover mission complete.(Circa) NASA begins developing the superheavy rocket SLS to facilitate their Mars colonisation Mission.(Circa) Russia plans to create a small moon colony from 2021 through to 2036.NASA plans to return to the moon by 2021.Mayans create the Codices (copy)
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