<Ul> <Li> 1902 - French cinema pioneer Georges Méliès directs A Trip to the Moon , the first film about space travel . </Li> <Li> 1903 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky begins a series of papers discussing the use of rocketry to reach outer space , space suits , and colonization of the solar system . Two key points discussed in his works are liquid fuels and staging . </Li> <Li> 1913 - Without knowing the work of Russian mathematician Konstantin Tsiolkovsky , French engineer Robert Esnault - Pelterie derived the equations for space flight , produced a paper that presented the rocket equation and calculated the energies required to reach the Moon and nearby planets . </Li> <Li> 1922 - Hermann Oberth publishes his scientific work about rocketry and space exploration : Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen ( `` By Rocket into Planetary Space '' ) . </Li> <Li> 1924 - Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel founded in Moscow by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky , Friedrich Zander and 200 other space and rocket experts </Li> <Li> 1926 - Robert Goddard launches the first liquid fuel rocket . </Li> <Li> 1927 - Verein für Raumschiffahrt ( VfR - `` Spaceflight Society '' ) founded in Germany . </Li> <Li> 1929 - Woman in the Moon , considered to be one of the first `` serious '' science fiction films . </Li> <Li> 1931 - Friedrich Schmiedl attempts the first rocket mail service in Austria </Li> <Li> 1935 - Emilio Herrera Linares from Spain designed and made the first full - pressured astronaut suit , called the escafandra estratonáutica . The Russians then used a model of Herrera 's suit when first flying into space of which the Americans would then later adopt when creating their own space program . </Li> <Li> 1937 - Peenemünde Army Research Center founded in Germany </Li> <Li> 1938 - The Projectile Development Establishment founded at Fort Halstead for the United Kingdom 's research into military solid - fuel rockets . </Li> <Li> 1939 - Katyusha multiple rocket launchers ( Russian : Катюша ) are a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union . </Li> <Li> 1941 - French rocket EA - 41 is launched , being the first European liquid propellant working rocket </Li> <Li> 1941 - Jet Assisted Take Off JATO installed on US Army Air Corp Ercoupe aircraft occurred on 12 August in March Field , California . </Li> <Li> 1942 - Wernher von Braun and Walter Dornberger launch the first V - 2 rocket at Peenemünde in northern Germany . </Li> <Li> 1942 - A V - 2 rocket reaches an altitude of 85 km . </Li> <Li> 1944 - The V - 2 rocket MW 18014 reaches an altitude of 176 km , becoming the first man - made object in space . </Li> <Li> 1945 - Lothar Sieber dies after the first vertical take - off manned rocket flight in a Bachem Ba 349 `` Natter '' </Li> <Li> 1945 - Operation Paperclip takes 1,600 German rocket scientists and technicians to the United States </Li> <Li> 1945 - Operation Osoaviakhim takes 2,000 German rocket scientists and technicians to the Soviet Union </Li> <Li> 1946 - First flight of the Nike missile , later the first operational surface - to - air guided missile </Li> <Li> 1947 - Chuck Yeager achieves the first manned supersonic flight in a Bell X-1 rocket - powered aircraft </Li> <Li> 1949 - Willy Ley publishes The Conquest of Space </Li> <Li> 1952 - 22 May , French Véronique 1 rocket is launched from the Algerian desert . </Li> <Li> 1952 - Wernher von Braun discusses the technical details of a manned exploration of Mars in Das Marsprojekt . </Li> <Li> 1953 - Colliers Magazine publishes a series of articles on man 's future in space , igniting the interest of people around the world . The series includes numerous articles by Ley and von Braun , illustrated by Chesley Bonestell . </Li> <Li> 1956 - First launch of PGM - 17 Thor , the first US ballistic missile and forerunner of the Delta space launch rockets </Li> <Li> 1957 - Launch of the first ICBM , the USSR 's R - 7 ( 8K71 ) , known to NATO as the SS - 6 Sapwood . </Li> <Li> 1957 - The USSR launches Sputnik 1 , the first artificial satellite . </Li> <Li> 1958 - The U.S. launches Explorer 1 , the first American artificial satellite , on a Jupiter - C rocket . </Li> <Li> 1958 - US launches their first ICBM , the Atlas - B ( the Atlas - A was a test article only ) . </Li> <Li> 1961 - the USSR launches Vostok 1 , Yuri Gagarin reached
<Ul> <Li> 1902 - French cinema pioneer Georges Méliès directs A Trip to the Moon , the first film about space travel . </Li> <Li> 1903 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky begins a series of papers discussing the use of rocketry to reach outer space , space suits , and colonization of the solar system . Two key points discussed in his works are liquid fuels and staging . </Li> <Li> 1913 - Without knowing the work of Russian mathematician Konstantin Tsiolkovsky , French engineer Robert Esnault - Pelterie derived the equations for space flight , produced a paper that presented the rocket equation and calculated the energies required to reach the Moon and nearby planets . </Li> <Li> 1922 - Hermann Oberth publishes his scientific work about rocketry and space exploration : Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen ( `` By Rocket into Planetary Space '' ) . </Li> <Li> 1924 - Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel founded in Moscow by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky , Friedrich Zander and 200 other space and rocket experts </Li> <Li> 1926 - Robert Goddard launches the first liquid fuel rocket . </Li> <Li> 1927 - Verein für Raumschiffahrt ( VfR - `` Spaceflight Society '' ) founded in Germany . </Li> <Li> 1929 - Woman in the Moon , considered to be one of the first `` serious '' science fiction films . </Li> <Li> 1931 - Friedrich Schmiedl attempts the first rocket mail service in Austria </Li> <Li> 1935 - Emilio Herrera Linares from Spain designed and made the first full - pressured astronaut suit , called the escafandra estratonáutica . The Russians then used a model of Herrera 's suit when first flying into space of which the Americans would then later adopt when creating their own space program . </Li> <Li> 1937 - Peenemünde Army Research Center founded in Germany </Li> <Li> 1938 - The Projectile Development Establishment founded at Fort Halstead for the United Kingdom 's research into military solid - fuel rockets . </Li> <Li> 1939 - Katyusha multiple rocket launchers ( Russian : Катюша ) are a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union . </Li> <Li> 1941 - French rocket EA - 41 is launched , being the first European liquid propellant working rocket </Li> <Li> 1941 - Jet Assisted Take Off JATO installed on US Army Air Corp Ercoupe aircraft occurred on 12 August in March Field , California . </Li> <Li> 1942 - Wernher von Braun and Walter Dornberger launch the first V - 2 rocket at Peenemünde in northern Germany . </Li> <Li> 1942 - A V - 2 rocket reaches an altitude of 85 km . </Li> <Li> 1944 - The V - 2 rocket MW 18014 reaches an altitude of 176 km , becoming the first man - made object in space . </Li> <Li> 1945 - Lothar Sieber dies after the first vertical take - off manned rocket flight in a Bachem Ba 349 `` Natter '' </Li> <Li> 1945 - Operation Paperclip takes 1,600 German rocket scientists and technicians to the United States </Li> <Li> 1945 - Operation Osoaviakhim takes 2,000 German rocket scientists and technicians to the Soviet Union </Li> <Li> 1946 - First flight of the Nike missile , later the first operational surface - to - air guided missile </Li> <Li> 1947 - Chuck Yeager achieves the first manned supersonic flight in a Bell X-1 rocket - powered aircraft </Li> <Li> 1949 - Willy Ley publishes The Conquest of Space </Li> <Li> 1952 - 22 May , French Véronique 1 rocket is launched from the Algerian desert . </Li> <Li> 1952 - Wernher von Braun discusses the technical details of a manned exploration of Mars in Das Marsprojekt . </Li> <Li> 1953 - Colliers Magazine publishes a series of articles on man 's future in space , igniting the interest of people around the world . The series includes numerous articles by Ley and von Braun , illustrated by Chesley Bonestell . </Li> <Li> 1956 - First launch of PGM - 17 Thor , the first US ballistic missile and forerunner of the Delta space launch rockets </Li> <Li> 1957 - Launch of the first ICBM , the USSR 's R - 7 ( 8K71 ) , known to NATO as the SS - 6 Sapwood . </Li> <Li> 1957 - The USSR launches Sputnik 1 , the first artificial satellite . </Li> <Li> 1958 - The U.S. launches Explorer 1 , the first American artificial satellite , on a Jupiter - C rocket . </Li> <Li> 1958 - US launches their first ICBM , the Atlas - B ( the Atlas - A was a test article only ) . </Li> <Li> 1961 - the USSR launches Vostok 1 , Yuri Gagarin reached
when was the first rocket sent into space
when was the first rocket sent into space
1944
1944