Tsiolkovsky Timeline Power point

1. Tsiolkovsky Timeline Power point By: Elizabeth Sanders

2. 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.

3. 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.)

4. 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.

5. 1930 • 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 1957 • October 4, 1957 • First Artificial SatelliteThe 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.

9. 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.

10. 1961 • April 12, 1961First Man in SpaceRussian 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 1972 April 16, 1972 launch date The country responsible is the US. Apollo 16 landed on the moon and had the lunar rover onboard.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. 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.

26. 1998 First modules of the International Space Station launched • The 2 countries are: the US and Russia.