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August 24: The Hubble telescope deployed in space orbit by space shuttle Discovery.
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The space timeline from 1990-2000.
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May 7: Endeavor, a space shuttle, was launched on her journey. September 12: The first African-American female to go to space was Mae Jemison.
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December: Endeavor, a space shuttle, made Hubble Space Telescope's first service mission.
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February 3: The first Russian cosmonaut to fly on a space shuttle is Sergei Krikalev.
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The U.S. space shuttle, Atlantis, docks to the Atlantic Space Station, MIR. February 2: The first female Shuttle pilot is Eileen Collins.
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Sojourner, a U.S. Rover, rolls onto the surface of Mars to explore the geology of the planet.
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October 29: John Glenn holds the record of being the oldest human being ever to reach space. The ISS was also created in 1998.
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July 23: On this day, Eileen Collins, a retired NASA astronaut, became the first female Shuttle Commander.
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February 14: The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft began transmitting images of Eros, the asteroid.
