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Aug 9, 1500
Leonardo da Vinci designs flying machines and parachute.
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Jacques Alexandre César Charles and M.N. Robert fly in a hydrogen balloon.
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Samuel P. Langley produces successful steam-powered models that fly.
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Orville + Wilbur Wright create first controlled and powered flight
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Louis Bleriot, French aviator, makes first airplane crossing of English Channel.
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Robert H. Goddard makes first free flight of a liquid-fueled rocket.
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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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First crew arrives to take up residence in the International Space Station.