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Orville and Wilbur Wright make first powered, sustained, and controlled flight in a heavier-than-air flying machine.
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Charles A. Lindbergh completes first solo, nonstop trans-Atlantic flight.
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Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly a solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight.
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U.S. astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., are the first to walk on the moon.
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U.S. launches the first reusable spacecraft, the Columbia shuttle.
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First crew arrives to take up residence in the International Space Station.