TSIOLKOVSKY TIMELINE POWER
POINT
By: Elizabeth Sanders
1900
Tsiolkovsky started testing rockets in 1900.
 1903- Publication of Principia
 Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
publishes The Exploration of Cosmic Space by
Means of Reaction Devices. This is the first
serious work to be published that shows space
exploration to be theoretically possible.
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1914
Goddard's Rocket Patents
U.S. rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard received
two landmark patents for rockets. The first
described a multi-stage rocket and the second
described a rocket fueled with gasoline and liquid
nitrous oxide. These two patents would become
major milestones in the history of rocketry.
 ( He patented the first rocket in 1914.)
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1926
March 16, 1926
 First Liquid Fueled Rocket Launched
 U.S. rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard
launched the first liquid fueled rocket from his
Aunt Effie’s farm in Auburn, MA. The 4-foot high
rocket dubbed “Nell” reached an altitude of 41
feet and a speed of about 60 miles per hour. The
flight lasted only 2 ½ seconds, but paved the way
for the U.S. rocket program.
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1930
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German Wernher Von Braun and his colleagues
produced a number of experimental designs, the
most famous of which was the A-4 rocket, which
has gained distinction in history under another
name -- the vengeance weapon number two -- V-2
for short. The V-2 was the first successful, long
range ballistic missile, and von Braun is credited
as its principal developer.
1944
September 8,1944
 First German V-2 fired in combat exploded in
Paris; the second struck London a few hours
later.
 Germany is responsible.
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1954
May 24, 1954
 NRL Martin Viking #11 set an altitude record of
158 miles ( 834,240 ft) and attained a speed of
4,300 mph in a flight from White Sands Proving
Ground, New Mexico which is in the US.
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1957
October 4, 1957
 First Artificial Satellite
The USSR beat the United States into space by
launching Sputnik 1. At 184 pounds, it was the
world's first artificial satellite. Sputnik
transmitted radio signals back to Earth for only a
short time, but it was a major accomplishment.
 Countries responsible: US, and Russia and many
more.
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1961
It was in active service with the U.S. Army in
West Germany.
 It was retired by the U.S. in 1964, though in 1967
a surplus Redstone helped launch Australia's
first satellite
 US is responsible for this
 Retirement.
 This is when the Redstone
 rocket lifted.
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1961
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April 12, 1961
First Man in Space
Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
became the first human to go into space. The
Vostok 1 spacecraft made one complete orbit
around Earth in 108 minutes, and reached
altitudes of 112 to 203 miles. The flight lasted
only one hour and 48 minutes.
1967
February 5, 1967 was the launch date.
 The primary objective of Lunar Orbiter 3 was to
continue the Orbiter 1 and Orbiter 2 task of
photographing promising areas of the lunar
surface to determine their adequacy as Apollo
and/or Surveyor landing sites.
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1969
July 20, 1969
 First Manned Moon Landing
 Apollo 11 makes the first successful soft landing
on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin,
Jr. become the first people to set foot on another
world.
 US is responsible.
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1971
April 19, 1971
 First Space Station
 The Salyut 1 station is launched by the U.S.S.R.
It remained in orbit until May 28, 1973.
 The USSR is Russia and some other countries.
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1971
November 13, 1971
 First Spacecraft to Orbit Another Planet
 USA- American probe Mariner 9 took photos on
Mars and was the first spacecraft to orbit
another planet.
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1972
April 16, 1972 launch date
The country responsible is the US.
Apollo 16 landed on the moon and had the lunar
rover onboard.
1973
May 14, 1973
 First U.S. Space Station
 USA launches Skylab the first US space station.
It is there for scientific experiments and was
occupied by 3 crews.
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1973
May 25, 1973
 First Skylab Crew
 America launches first crew aboard the Skylab.
The crew fixes damage by Skylab station during
it’s launch.
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1976
July 20, 1976
 First Surface Images of Mars
 The first pictures of the surface of Mars and
martian soil are sent back to Earth by Viking 1,
the first U.S. spacecraft to successfully land a on
another planet.
 The US is responsible
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1979
Skylab shows the image of the sun’s corona.
 During its operational life, numerous scientific
experiments were conducted, and crews were
able to confirm the existence of coronal holes in
the Sun.
 The US is responsible.
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1981
April 12,1981
 First Space Shuttle Launch
 The first manned mission from the Space
Transportation System, Colombia is launched. It
was the first re-usable shuttle.
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1983
April 4, 1983
 Maiden Voyage of Challenger
 America's second Space Shuttle, Challenger,
embarks on its first mission into space. The
mission includes America's first space walk in
nine years.
 The US is responsible.
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1986
February 20, 1986
 Mir Station Launched
 The first phase of the Mir Space Station has been
successfully launched and put into Earth’s orbit.
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1990
April 24, 1990
 Launch of Hubble Space Telescope
 Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off for mission
STS-31 carrying the Edwin P. Hubble Telescope
with it.
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1995
December 7, 1995
 Galileo Arrives at Jupiter
 The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter and a
probe is dropped into the planet's atmosphere.
The orbiter will spend the next two years orbiting
and studying the planet and its moons.
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1996
July 4, 1996
 Mars Pathfinder Lands on Mars
 The Mars Pathfinder probe lands on the surface
of Mars. A small robotic rover examines the
nearby terrain, sending back amazing images of
the planet's surface.
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1998
First modules of the International Space Station
launched
 The 2 countries are: the US and Russia.