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1 - 1942 First Breach into outer space as we knew it - V2 rockets

2 - 1946 First pictures of Earth from Space are taken

3 - 1947 First Fruit flies cross boundary into space.

4 - 1948-49 First monkeys sent into space

5 - Roswell Crash of 1947 (details can be found almost anywhere).

6 - Japanese Balloon Bombs or Fu Go were floated along by the Pacific stream in the hopes of causing panic along the West coast of North America. More than 300 were found or seen, but the only known injuries were a school teacher and 5 children. One of the children approached and touched one that exploded killing 6. It is believed that many more either did not make it to land, but of those that did many remain unexploded in the forests waterways and farmlands of the North Western US coast and also in areas throughout Canada.

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