SPACE EXPLORATION TIMELINE

By Garrett Hines

Tsiolkovsky- The beginning

When?- 1900 Where?- Kaluga, USSR Event name-Tsiolkovsky’s rocket equation

This was the beginning of the astronautic theory and rocket science.

Goddard- First Rocket

When?- 1914 Where?- U.S.A Event name- The first liquid fueled rocket.

Goddard created the first successful rocket.

Goddard- Rocket Success

When?- 1926 Where?- U.S.A Event name- Rocket launch of the

century.

Goddard invented the most important part of rocket ships…. The rocket!

V-2 – Dawn of the Space Age

When?- 1930 Where?- Germany Event name- Dawn of the Space Age.

The V-2 was the first large military rocket.

V-2 – Space Travel

When?- 1944 Where?- Germany Event name- First space travel

The V-2 rocket was the first man-made object to inter space.

The Viking- High achiever

When?- 1954 Where?- U.S.A Event name- Out of this world

The Viking, an unmanned planetary probe, left the Earth’s atmosphere.

Sputnik- Soviet Success

When?- 1957 Where?- U.S.S.R Event name- First man-made satellite

The Sputnik was the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth.

Redstone- Lifted Up

When?- 1961 Where?- U.S.A Event name- Redstone lifted

The Redstone rocket is lifted up into the atmosphere.

Gagarin- First in Space

When?- 1961 Where?- U.S.S.R. Event name- First Space Traveler

Soviet Yuri Gagarin becomes the first space traveler.

Lunar Orbitor- The Moon

When?- 1967 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- Photographic moon

Photograph of the moon taken by the Lunar Orbitor.

Apollo 12

When?- 1969 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- The moon walk

Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.

Mariner 9- Mars

When?- 1971 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- Picture of Mars

The Mariner 9 took pictures of Mars from space.

Salyut 1

When?- 1971 Where?- U.S.S.R. Event name- First Space Station

Salyut 1 becomes the first space station. (ends orbit in 1973)

Apollo 16

When?- 1972 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- Picture of Earth

Apollo 16 takes pictures of Earth on their way to the Moon.

American Space Station

When?- 1973 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- U.S.A.’s first space station

America launches their first space station.

Skylab

When?- 1973 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- First U.S. space station

Skylab, America’s first space station, is launched.

Viking 1

When?- 1976 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- Martian soil

Images from satellite Martian soil from first U.S. space probe to land on another planet, Viking 1.

Skylab

When?- 1979 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- Sun’s corona

The Skylab shows the image of the sun’s corona.

Columbia

When?-1981 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- Reusable Shuttle

The first reusable shuttle, Columbia, was launched.

Challenger

When?- 1983 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- Australia

The Challenger takes a photo of Earth that shows Australia.

Mir

When?- 1986 Where?- U.S.S.A. Event name- Space Station

The Soviet space station, Mir, is launched.

Hubble Telescope

When?- 1990 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- Space Telescope

The U.S. space telescope, Hubble, was launched .

Galileo

When?- 1995 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- Jupiter’s Composition

Galileo sends back photos and data about Jupiter’s composition.

The “Rover”

When?- 1996 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- Mars Pathfinder

The Mars Pathfinder landed on Mars and released the “Rover”.

International Space Station

When?- 1998 Where?- U.S.A. and Russia Event name- First Modules

The first modules of the International Space Station were launched. (2 countries)

THE ENDGarrett Hines