Spacecraft

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
10/04/1957	The USSR launches Sputnik I	-20071002.html' >NASA
01/31/1958	United States launches Eplorer I	Explorer I
11/09/1967	First test flight of the Saturn V rocket, which would carry dozens of spacecraft into space in the years to come	Saturn V
05/14/1973	United States launches its first experimental space station, the Skylab	First Space Station
08/20/1975	Launch of Viking 1, the first orbiter and lander sent to Mars. Viking 2 would launch a few weeks later. Both landed safely on Mars and for six years sent back the first set of images and data from the Martian surface.	http://news.cnet.com/Timeline-Key-milestones-in-space-exploration/2009-11397_3-6210843.html
09/05/1977	Launch of Voyager 1	Voyager I
04/12/1981	Aboard the space shuttle Columbia, Robert L. Crippen and John W. Young make the first mission in NASA's space shuttle program.	Columbia Launchhttp://news.cnet.com/Timeline-Key-milestones-in-space-exploration/2009-11397_3-6210843.html
01/28/1986	First major catastrophe for NASA, when space shuttle Challenger (mission STS-51L) explodes 73 seconds after takeoff with seven crewmembers aboard	Challenger Explosion
11/20/1998	First piece of the International Space Station is launched.	International Space Station
08/04/2007	Phoenix lander launches on its way to explore the northern pole of Mars.	Phoenix Landers