2. 1950’s Sputnik- This amazing creation was launch by the soviet union October 4, 1957 The explorer- the first satellite to orbit the earth in 1958 First photographs of the side of the moon in 1959 Taken by Luna 3. Laika the first animal in space November 3, 1957
3. 1960’s April 12, 1961 first man in space was Russian Cosmonaut Yuri AlekseYevich. February 20th , 1962 first American in orbit named John H. Glenn July 14th, 1965 the first close-up images of mars. April 23rd, 1967 first space flight tragedy killing Mr. Vladimir M. Komarov.
4. 1970’s December 17th, 1970 was the first landing on Venus October 1975, First surface images of Venus July 20th, 1976 first surface images of mars. June 6th, 1971 First occupation of space station. December 1972, first black hole candidate.
5. 1980’s March 1st, 1982 first Venus soil samples May 13th, 1982 the record was set for space endurance April 4th, 1983 Maiden voyage of the Challenger Jun 19th, 1983 Sally K. the first woman in space August 30th, 1984 Maiden voyage of Discovery
6. 1990’s August 10th, 1990 Magellan arrives at Venus February 3rd, 1994 First Russian Cosmonaut aboard a shuttle February 6th, 1995 first woman pilot of a shuttle Mrs. Eileen M. Collins. December 7th, 1995 Galileo arrives to Jupiter November 20th, 1998 ISS first Module launched
7. 2000 to present February 14th,2000 First study of an asteroid April 28th, 2001 first tourist in space February 1st, 2003 space shuttle Columbia falls apart over Texas January 14th, 2005 first landing on an alien moon January 15th, 2006 First comet samples returned to earth Septmeber 14th, 2007 the lunar orbiter.
8. Continued…….. March 7th, 2009 Extrasolar Terrestrial Planet Detection Mission October 1st, 2010 CAST (china) Lunar orbiter Fall of 20100 another mars rover August 2013 ESA and ISAS Mercury orbiters
9. Sites used http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/chronology.html http://www.seasky.org/spacexp/sky5d6.html ^ Very amazing site # 2 perfect for Space timeline recommendation.
