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The first satellite to be launched. It was launched by the USSR.
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The second satellite sent into to space and the first with an animal, a dog, Laika. Also, sent by the USSR.
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The first satellite sent into space by the USA. It had the first detection of the Van Allen Belts.
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The first solar powered satellite to be sent into space. Also sent by the USA.
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The first communications satellite. It was launched by the USA.
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This was the first firing of a rocket into Earth's orbit and detection of solar wind. It was the first seen of the USSR in a while.
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The first weather satellite. Made by the USA.
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The first satellite to retrieve pictures of earth from outer space. It was launched by the USA.
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It was the first satellite to get pictures of the far side of the moon. Launched by the USSR.
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The first plants and animals to return back alive from orbit. By the USSR.
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First manned space orbit. He was the first to orbit earth. By the USSR.
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The first women in space. By the USSR.
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The first Mars fly-by. By the USA.
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First sof-landing on another world. By the USSR.
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The first man to land on the moon. By the USA.
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Salyut 1, the first Space Station, launches but it was only occupied once.
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Apollo 15 uses the first Lunar Rover, one of the most complex vehicles built.
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NASA's final mission to the moon on Apollo 17.
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First travel through the asteroid belt and Jupiter flyby. By the USA.
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First photos and soil samples from the surface of Mars.
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First Venus soil samples and sound recording of another world.
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First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune.
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First photograph of the whole solar system.
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First mission into the atmosphere of a gas giant and the first orbit of Jupiter.
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First resident crew on the International Space Station.
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China is the 3rd nation to achieve manned spaceflight.
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Free ranging Mars rover.
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First soft landing on Titan.
