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Sputnik is launched by the soviet union to be the first satellite
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the first U.S. satellite in space
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the first successful weather satellite, is launched by the U.S.
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the first close photographs of the Moon.
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the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon.
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the first man to hit a
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the einstein obseratory begins its 30-day mission.
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The space shuttle challenger lifs off and has the first american space walk in nine years.
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The space shuttle challenger explodes shortly after liftoff of mission.
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the Galileo space probe safely finishes with Jupiter's ice moon