Timeline of Space Exploration - Free Download
A chronological record of major space exploration milestones from early telescopic observations to missions in 2025, including key events, countries/organizations involved, and missions or researchers. Contains 145 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.
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| Date | Event Or Success | Country Or Organization | Mission Or Researcher |
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| 1610 | First telescopic observation of the night sky: discovery of the Galilean moons, lunar craters and the phases of Venus. | Venice | Galileo Galilei |
| 1668 | First reflecting telescope. | England | Isaac Newton |
| 1781 | First telescopic discovery of planet (Uranus). | Great Britain | William Herschel |
| 1801 | First discovery of asteroid (Ceres). | Sicily | Giuseppe Piazzi |
| 1813 | First exposition of the rocket equation based on Newton's third law of motion: Treatise on the Motion of Rockets. | UK | William Moore |
| 1840 | First clear telescopic photograph of another world: the Moon. | United States | John William Draper |
| 1845 | First proper observation of other galaxies which are termed "whirlpool nebulae". | UK | William Parsons |
| 1861 | A Journey Through Space makes first proposal of using rockets for space flight. | UK | William Leitch |
| 1895 | First proposal of space elevator. | Russia | Konstantin Tsiolkovsky |
| 4 October 1957 | First artificial satellite. First human-made signals from space. | USSR | Sputnik 1 |
| 3 November 1957 | First mammal in orbit, the dog Laika. | USSR | Sputnik 2 |
| 31 January 1958 | Confirmed existence of the Van Allen radiation belt. | USA (ABMA) | Explorer 1 |
| 17 March 1958 | First use of solar power in space.The oldest artificial object still in space. | USA (NRL) | Vanguard 1 |
| 4 January 1959 | First rocket to reach Earth escape velocity. First spacecraft to attempt to impact the Moon's surface. First artificial object in heliocentric orbit. First detection of solar wind. | USSR | Luna 1 |
| 17 February 1959 | First weather satellite. | USA (NRL) | Vanguard 2 |
| 7 August 1959 | First photograph of Earth from Earth orbit. | USA (NASA) | Explorer 6 |
| 13 September 1959 | First spacecraft to impact another celestial body (the Moon).First delivery of national pennants to a celestial body. | USSR | Luna 2 |
| 4 October 1959 | First photos of another world from space: the far side of the Moon. First gravity assist. | USSR | Luna 3 |
| March 1960 | First solar probe. | USA (NASA) | Pioneer 5 |
| 19 August 1960 | First plants and animals to return alive from Earth orbit. | USSR | Sputnik 5 |