1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
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WHEN: October 4, 1957 WHO: solvent union WHERE: into space to successfully make one orbit WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: first satellite
What is Sputnik
100
WHEN: April 12, 1961 WHO: Yuriy Gagarin of solvent Union WHERE: To launch a man into orbit with the earth for one day WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: First man in space
What is Vostok 1
100
WHEN: April 19, 1971 WHO: Georgi Dobrovolski, Viktor Patsayev, Vladislav Volkov of solvent union WHERE: space station WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Test basic conditions on a space station and conduct experiments
What is Salyut 1.
100
WHEN: April 12, 1981 WHO: USA WHERE: To space to test aircraft WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Conduct successful test of a radically new spacecraft, the Space Shuttle and all of its systems
What is STS-1
100
WHEN: April 24, 1990 WHO: NASA WHERE: Conduct observations WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Conduct observations of Cosmos using Wide Field and Planetary Camera, Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph, High Speed Photometer, Faint Object Camera, and Faint Object Spectrograph.
What is Hubble Telescope
200
WHEN: November 3, 1957 WHO: solvent union WHERE: to see how long an animal could last in space WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: the first dog in space named Laika. Sadly he did not survive after 3 days
What is sputnik 2
200
WHEN: August 12, 1962 WHO: Nasa WHERE: to fly around Venus atmosphere WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: First space craft on Venus
What is Mariner 2
200
WHEN: May 14, 1973 WHO: WHERE: work in space WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: To prove that humans could live and work in space for extended periods
What is Skylab
200
WHEN: 1986 WHO: six probes WHERE: from earth every 75 to 76 years WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: closes comet to earth
What is Halley Comet
200
WHEN: May 4, 1989 WHO: NASA WHERE: Venus WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: The Magellan mission studied land forms and tectonics, impact processes, erosion, deposition, chemical processes, and model the interior of Venus. Specific objectives were
What is Magellan probe
300
WHEN: January 31, 1958 WHO: usa WHERE: to discover the Van Allen radiation belt WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: first American satellite
What is Explorer 1
300
WHEN: June 12, 1967 WHO: Solvent union WHERE: Venusian atmosphere WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: first manmade spacecraft enter the Venusian atmosphere
What is venera 4
300
WHEN: August 20, 1975 WHO: NASA WHERE: Mars WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Map Martian surface using Viking orbiters, taking high resolution images. Establish whether or not there is life on Mars
What is Viking
300
WHEN: September 5, 1977 WHO: A space ship WHERE: Jupiter, Saturn and their moons WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Voyager 1 reached closest proximity to Jupiter on March 5, 1979. Saturn on November 12, 1980.
What is Voyager 1
300
WHEN: 1992 WHO: Aleksander Wolszczan WHERE: outside our Solar System WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: First planet ever found outside solar system
What is planet outside our Solar System
400
WHEN: July 29, 1958 WHO: President Eisenhower of usa WHERE: USA WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: It was the first established space Unit for usa
What is NASA
400
WHEN: July 16, 1969 WHO: Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin of usa WHERE: Landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: first man on the moon
What is Apollo 11.
400
WHEN: September 9, 1975 WHO: NASA WHERE: Mars WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: photographic images of the mars surface
What is Viking 2
400
WHEN: August 20, 1977 WHO: A space ship WHERE: Jupiter, Saturn and their moons WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Voyager 2 reached closest proximity to Jupiter on July 9, 1979. Saturn on August 26, 1981. Uranus on January 24, 1986. Neptune on August 25, 1989.
What is voyager 2
400
WHEN: February 19, 1986 WHO: Soviet-Russian WHERE: outer space WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Launch and assemble in space six modules
What is space station Mir