click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Space Timeline Revie
Space: Date timeline
Question | Answer |
---|---|
First US space station, named SKYLAB, is launched | 1973 |
The first artificial satellite named SPUTNIK is launched by the Soviet Union. | 1957 |
The first artificial satellite named SPUTNIK is launched by the Soviet Union. | 1957 |
Mariner 2 explorers the atmosphere of VENUS | 1962 |
Viking 1 lands on MARS | 1975 |
Voyager 1 and 2 are launched toward the outer planets | 1977 |
First GPS satellite launched; opened to civilian use in year 1983 | 1978 |
Galileo reaches JUPITER after a 6 year trip | 1989 |
Galileo photos an erupting volcano on Io | 1999 |
First American launched into space named: ALAN SHEPARD | 1961 |
First American orbits the Earth, named JOHN GLENN | 1962 |
First human in space, named YURI GAGARIN | 1961 |
Project MERCURY starts US efforts to reach the moon | 1961 |
Project GEMINI practices skills needed on moon voyage | 1965-1966 |
Apollo 11 lands on the moon; _NEIL ARMSTRONG becomes first person to walk on the moon | 1969 |
First US space station, named SKYLAB, is launched | 1973 |
Mars rover Opportunity lands | 2004 |
Last launch of a space shuttle, named ATLANTIS | 2011 |
First launch of a space shuttle, named COLUMBIA | 1981 |
Apollo 1 capsule catches fire killing astronauts GUS GRISSOM, ED WHITE and _ROGER CHAFFEE | 1967 |
Galileo launched | 1983 |
German V2 rocket attacks on London during World War 2 | 1944-45 |
Robert Goddard experiments with liquid fueled rockets | 1926 |
Hubble Space Telescope launched | 1990 |
Cassini probe launched toward SATURN | 1997 |
Mars Pathfinder is launched, then lands the rover named SOJOURNER | 1996 |
Zarya and Unity modules are launched to begin building the International Space Station | 1998 |
Skylab falls to Earth and burns in the atmosphere | 1979 |