1. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus (publish) “On the Revolutions of the Heaven Spheres” claiming that the Earth and the planets (orbit) the Su. 2. Galileo (use) the telescope to view the stars and planets before Isaac Newton (invent) the first reflecting telescope. 3. In 1686, Isaac Newton (publish) the Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy where he (lay) the foundations for universal gravitation and described the motion of the Sun and the planets. 4. After Robert Goddard (work) on the rocket technology, he(invent) and launched the first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926. 5. On November 3, 1957, the Russian dog Laika (become) the first animal in orbit after fruit flies (be sent) to outer space by the United States. 6. In 1983, Sally Ride (become) the first American woman in space after Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova had been sent in space twenty years earlier. 7. France (launch) its first satellite before Japan (put) its test satellite into orbit. 8. In 1971, the United Kingdom successfully (launch) its satellite into orbit after China (do) that one year earlier