they may have been small steps for men
but they were giant leaps for mankind
thank-oo Clampett welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re looking at
some important firsts in space
exploration
during the 20th century and beyond to 1
and liftoff liftoff of the 25th space
shuttle mission and it has cleared the
tower though the idea of space travel
was discussed for hundreds of years the
field of rocketry got its first big
boost in the early 20th century on March
16 1926 American professor and physicist
Robert H Goddard launched a
liquid-fueled rocket for the first time
in history German scientists followed
suit by unveiling the v2 rocket as early
as World War 2 this ballistic missile
became the first object to penetrate
space on October 3rd 1942 it wasn’t long
before the space race between the USSR
and the United States began as part of
the Sputnik 1 mission the Soviet Union
launched the first man-made satellite to
reach Earth’s orbit on October 4th 1957
less than a month later
Laika the dog was the first animal to
reach Earth’s orbit alive via Sputnik 2
the American government responded on
July 29th 1958 by creating the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration or
NASA the next year the ussr’s Luna 2
became the first spacecraft to touchdown
on the moon Soviet Russia scored a
dramatic victory in the
space with the launching of the first
rocket
an historic scientific feat simulated in
the scene but show the course of the
multistage rocket carrying the 855
mooning the 1960s was an important
period for space exploration during that
decade humans entered space for the
first time with Vostok one cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin first visited outer space
on April 12th 1961 within a month the
mercury-redstone 3 mission reached space
with NASA astronaut Alan Shepard aboard
John Glenn became the first American to
orbit the globe while piloting the
friendship 7 spacecraft on February 20th
1962 the space race intensified when
Soviet Alexey Leonov performed the first
spacewalk with the use of a tether after
he exited the Buckshot 2 on March 18
1965 however 1969 was the milestone year
in space exploration I believe that this
nation should commit itself to achieving
the goal before this decade is out of
landing a man on the moon and returning
him safely to the earth on July 21st
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the
first humans to walk on the moon during
NASA’s Apollo 11 mission at 1:04 land on
fire this urged the Soviets to
accelerate their efforts over the next
decade they sent out two lunar Rovers
and launched the first space station
Salyut one in 1971 but by mid decade the
space race ended the two superpowers
United to conduct scientific experiments
for the apollo-soyuz test project that
may call to express my very great
admiration for your hard work
your total dedication in preparing for
this first joint flight as the 1980s
began the Americans launched the
inaugural space shuttle flight Columbia
took off April 12th 1981 two years later
after launching in 1972 the Pioneer 10
became the first probe to travel beyond
the planets of our solar system
the Soviets contributed in 1986 by
sending the MIR space station into
low-earth orbit
cosmonaut Valery Polyakov spent a
breaking 14 months aboard that craft in
1995 three years after that the larger
International Space Station launched as
a satellite and research lab also during
the 1990s projects like the Hubble Space
Telescope revealed detailed images of
the universe as the new millennium began
progress didn’t slow that was when the
near shoemaker robotic space probe
became the first to orbit and land on an
asteroid space tourism became a reality
in 2001 when millionaire and engineer
Dennis Tito visited the ISS on the
expedition to space flight within three
years non-government funded human
spaceflight began with spaceship one
that space planes technology was later
licensed to Richard Branson’s space
tourism company Virgin Galactic 2004
also saw one of NASA’s two Mars rovers
opportunity discover the first meteorite
on another celestial body humans began
searching for earth-like planets outside
our solar system by launching the Kepler
space observatory in 2006 though the
space race was dominated by the US and
Russia China got involved in the early
2000s by sending its first astronaut
into space and later by establishing a
lunar exploration program by 2011 NASA
ended its space shuttle program by
retiring the discovery endeavour and
Atlantis orbiters and nose gear
touchdown in the end of a historic
journey and to the ship that has led the
way time and time again we say farewell
discovery that year the u.s. also sent
the Curiosity rover towards Mars
meanwhile Russia dispatched the biggest
ever space telescope into orbit the
specter are in the hopes of learning
more about outer space humans have long
been fascinated with worlds beyond our
own
despite some grave tragedies we will
continue to marvel at the vast and
limitless possibilities space
exploration has to offer
but they were giant leaps for mankind
thank-oo Clampett welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re looking at
some important firsts in space
exploration
during the 20th century and beyond to 1
and liftoff liftoff of the 25th space
shuttle mission and it has cleared the
tower though the idea of space travel
was discussed for hundreds of years the
field of rocketry got its first big
boost in the early 20th century on March
16 1926 American professor and physicist
Robert H Goddard launched a
liquid-fueled rocket for the first time
in history German scientists followed
suit by unveiling the v2 rocket as early
as World War 2 this ballistic missile
became the first object to penetrate
space on October 3rd 1942 it wasn’t long
before the space race between the USSR
and the United States began as part of
the Sputnik 1 mission the Soviet Union
launched the first man-made satellite to
reach Earth’s orbit on October 4th 1957
less than a month later
Laika the dog was the first animal to
reach Earth’s orbit alive via Sputnik 2
the American government responded on
July 29th 1958 by creating the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration or
NASA the next year the ussr’s Luna 2
became the first spacecraft to touchdown
on the moon Soviet Russia scored a
dramatic victory in the
space with the launching of the first
rocket
an historic scientific feat simulated in
the scene but show the course of the
multistage rocket carrying the 855
mooning the 1960s was an important
period for space exploration during that
decade humans entered space for the
first time with Vostok one cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin first visited outer space
on April 12th 1961 within a month the
mercury-redstone 3 mission reached space
with NASA astronaut Alan Shepard aboard
John Glenn became the first American to
orbit the globe while piloting the
friendship 7 spacecraft on February 20th
1962 the space race intensified when
Soviet Alexey Leonov performed the first
spacewalk with the use of a tether after
he exited the Buckshot 2 on March 18
1965 however 1969 was the milestone year
in space exploration I believe that this
nation should commit itself to achieving
the goal before this decade is out of
landing a man on the moon and returning
him safely to the earth on July 21st
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the
first humans to walk on the moon during
NASA’s Apollo 11 mission at 1:04 land on
fire this urged the Soviets to
accelerate their efforts over the next
decade they sent out two lunar Rovers
and launched the first space station
Salyut one in 1971 but by mid decade the
space race ended the two superpowers
United to conduct scientific experiments
for the apollo-soyuz test project that
may call to express my very great
admiration for your hard work
your total dedication in preparing for
this first joint flight as the 1980s
began the Americans launched the
inaugural space shuttle flight Columbia
took off April 12th 1981 two years later
after launching in 1972 the Pioneer 10
became the first probe to travel beyond
the planets of our solar system
the Soviets contributed in 1986 by
sending the MIR space station into
low-earth orbit
cosmonaut Valery Polyakov spent a
breaking 14 months aboard that craft in
1995 three years after that the larger
International Space Station launched as
a satellite and research lab also during
the 1990s projects like the Hubble Space
Telescope revealed detailed images of
the universe as the new millennium began
progress didn’t slow that was when the
near shoemaker robotic space probe
became the first to orbit and land on an
asteroid space tourism became a reality
in 2001 when millionaire and engineer
Dennis Tito visited the ISS on the
expedition to space flight within three
years non-government funded human
spaceflight began with spaceship one
that space planes technology was later
licensed to Richard Branson’s space
tourism company Virgin Galactic 2004
also saw one of NASA’s two Mars rovers
opportunity discover the first meteorite
on another celestial body humans began
searching for earth-like planets outside
our solar system by launching the Kepler
space observatory in 2006 though the
space race was dominated by the US and
Russia China got involved in the early
2000s by sending its first astronaut
into space and later by establishing a
lunar exploration program by 2011 NASA
ended its space shuttle program by
retiring the discovery endeavour and
Atlantis orbiters and nose gear
touchdown in the end of a historic
journey and to the ship that has led the
way time and time again we say farewell
discovery that year the u.s. also sent
the Curiosity rover towards Mars
meanwhile Russia dispatched the biggest
ever space telescope into orbit the
specter are in the hopes of learning
more about outer space humans have long
been fascinated with worlds beyond our
own
despite some grave tragedies we will
continue to marvel at the vast and
limitless possibilities space
exploration has to offer
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