Space Exploration Timeline by Dion Matias

First Rocket Developed

matiasdion — 2024-02-05 21:15:53 UTC

1232 - During the Chinese vs Mongols war, the Chinese repelled barrages of "arrows of flying fire" at the Mongols, being the first solid-propellant rocket.

First satellite launched called Sputnik

matiasdion — 2024-02-05 21:28:06 UTC

Sputnik was the first artificial Earth satellite, launched in 1957 during the Cold War, for the next three weeks Sputnik sent radio waves back to Earth until the satellite's zinc-batteries ran out.

United States establishes NASA

matiasdion — 2024-02-05 21:31:00 UTC

In 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was formed to rival the Soviet's expansion through space.

First human launched into space by the Soviet Union

matiasdion — 2024-02-05 21:33:51 UTC

Yuri Gagarin, in 1961, was the first human in space. His rocket, Vostok 1 orbited Earth at a speed of 27'400 kilometers per hour, the soaring rocket's ride lasted 108 minutes.

First humans to land on the Moon

matiasdion — 2024-02-05 21:37:36 UTC

Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Buzz Aldrin touch downed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle in 1969, Armstrong becoming the first person to step foot onto the the surface of the Moon.

Viking 1 is the first successful landing on Mars

matiasdion — 2024-02-05 21:40:42 UTC

Viking 1 was the first successful spacecraft to land on Mars in 1976. Viking 1 was tasked with exploring the vast Maroon Planet, searching for signs of life on the deserted landscape.

NASA operates the Space Shuttle to transport humans and materials to and from space

matiasdion — 2024-02-05 21:43:36 UTC

In 1981, the world's first reusable spacecraft, the Shuttle was launched to Space and was to return home back one Earth multiple times. Transporting supplies or astronauts in and out of the atmosphere.

Hubble Space Telescope is launched to provide the first views of deep space

matiasdion — 2024-02-05 21:46:48 UTC

During 1990, The Hubble Space Telescope was sent out into space, recording and photographing space and it's diverse cosmic objects, using ultraviolet, visible, and infrared waves to capture photos of cosmic wonders that are not available to be viewed by humans back down on Earth.

ISS (International Space Station) is built and launched as a research laboratory in space

matiasdion — 2024-02-05 21:50:28 UTC

In 1998, to expand the research opportunities, the space station was signed and designated as a U.S National Laboratory. Giving access and advantage to space research and development access to a wide range of commercial, academic, and government users.

First asteroid landing

matiasdion — 2024-02-05 21:54:26 UTC

NASA's Shoemaker touch downed and landed on a celestial body, the U.S beating the other of Earth's countries as the first asteroid landing.

Space-X becomes the first private company to launch a spacecraft, Falcon 1, into orbit

matiasdion — 2024-02-05 21:56:21 UTC

Launched in 2008, Falcon 1 became the first privately owned and developed spacecraft to join Earth's orbit.

Voyager I becomes the first spacecraft to leave the solar system

matiasdion — 2024-02-05 21:58:21 UTC

Voyager 1 breaches the outer limits of our Solar system, escaping out into the vast venture of interstellar space.

First comet landing

matiasdion — 2024-02-05 22:01:04 UTC

In 2014, the first comet landing commenced. The orbiter and lander, Philae, carried 20 science instruments to make in-depth study of the comet.

New Horizons reaches Pluto and sends back the first in-focus photographs

matiasdion — 2024-02-05 22:03:48 UTC

New Horizons meets the distant Planet of the Solar System in 2015, finding vast craters, crevasses, glaciers, Pluto had a frozen "heart" of solid nitrogen ice.

The Hubble Space Telescope finds the Pillars of Creation.

matiasdion — 2024-02-05 22:05:28 UTC

The Hubble Space Telescope found a cosmic wonder, seeming to have rock formations, three towers of gas and dust form the "Pillars of Creation", found in the Eagle Nebula in 1995.