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The Soviet Union launched the first ever man-made object into space.
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First dog into space
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Alan Shepard, aboard the Freedom 7 spacecraft, became the first American into Space.
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Designed to investigate Mars, Venus, and Mercury.
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NASA wanted longer duration space flights in support of Apollo. The spacecraft orbited from April 8-12.
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Taken by Mariner 1
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It would be the first spacecraft to pass through the Asteroid Belt. It would then study Jupiter.
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It would study Jupiter and Saturn.
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There were 10 total spacecraft; 3 of the missions failed.
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Created to study Mars and attempt to find proof of water on Mars.
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Continued Viking One Mission
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Continued Voyager 1 Mission of investigating Jupiter and Saturn.
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Created to study Jupiter and Saturn. This was the first ever space mission beyond the Moon.
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The lander explored Mar's surface and took dirt samples.
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After taking more than 26,000 pictures of Mars, the Viking Missions were now over.
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This was the first launch of a historic program that would last for decades and provide countless amounts of information for science.
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This was a historic Soviet space station that would be used to conduct many experiments in space.
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Created to explore Venus.
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Operational up to the present day, this telescope is one of the most important space exploration tools created.
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The Magellan spacecraft was the first one to use Aerobreaking.
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Its mission was to study Jupiter and one of its moons, Europa.
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After mapping 98% of Venus's surface, communications were lost and the spacecraft crashed shortly after.
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Designed to orbit and land on the asteroid Eros.
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Cassini was created to investigate Saturn.
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After finishing its study of Jupiter, the Galileo spacecraft would now study one of Jupiter's moons, Europa.
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It had been occupied for 13 years.
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NEAR Probe enters orbit of Eros; will stay for one year.
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After 15 years in space, it came crashing down.
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The Galileo mission was now over.
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Although not designed to be a lander, the probe continued to operate for 16 days.
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After 16 days on the surface, NEAR could no longer be reached.
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Cassini captured the first close-up picture of Saturn.
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Its mission was to collect data about the existence of water on mars.
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It would take soil samples and pictures of the Martian surface.
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After costing $23.9 Billion, delivering countless satellites and spacecraft to orbit, and building the largest structure in space, Humanity's first reusable spacecraft was now grounded.
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