1. Space Exploration Timeline
By Garrett Hines

2. 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.

3. Goddard- First Rocket When?- 1914 Where?- U.S.A
Event name- The first liquid fueled rocket.
Goddard created the first successful rocket.

4. 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!

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Redstone- Lifted Up When?- 1961 Where?- U.S.A
Event name- Redstone lifted
The Redstone rocket is lifted up into the atmosphere.

10. Gagarin- First in Space
When?- 1961
Where?- U.S.S.R.
Event name- First Space Traveler
Soviet Yuri Gagarin becomes the first space traveler.

11. Lunar Orbitor- The Moon
When?- 1967
Where?- U.S.A.
Event name- Photographic moon
Photograph of the moon taken by the Lunar Orbitor.

12. Apollo 12 When?- 1969 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- The moon walk
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.

13. Mariner 9- Mars When?- 1971 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- Picture of Mars
The Mariner 9 took pictures of Mars from space.

14. 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)

15. 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.

16. American Space Station
When?- 1973
Where?- U.S.A.
Event name- U.S.A.’s first space station
America launches their first space station.

17. Skylab When?- 1973 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- First U.S. space station
Skylab, America’s first space station, is launched.

18. 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.

19. Skylab When?- 1979 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- Sun’s corona
The Skylab shows the image of the sun’s corona.

20. Columbia When?-1981 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- Reusable Shuttle
The first reusable shuttle, Columbia, was launched.

21. Challenger When?- 1983 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- Australia
The Challenger takes a photo of Earth that shows Australia.

22. Mir When?- 1986 Where?- U.S.S.A. Event name- Space Station
The Soviet space station, Mir, is launched.

23. Hubble Telescope When?- 1990 Where?- U.S.A.
Event name- Space Telescope
The U.S. space telescope, Hubble, was launched .

24. Galileo When?- 1995 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- Jupiter’s Composition
Galileo sends back photos and data about Jupiter’s composition.

25. The “Rover” When?- 1996 Where?- U.S.A. Event name- Mars Pathfinder
The Mars Pathfinder landed on Mars and released the “Rover”.

26. 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)

27. The End
Garrett Hines