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Who: Bumper 2
What: Cape Canaveral
When: July 1950, we dont know the excatc first day
Why: it was the first real nasa launch for any reason -
Who: Exporer
What: Satellite
When: January 31, 1958
Why: It was the first artificial satellite launched -
Who: Mercury
What: Three different rovers
When: November 1, 1961
Why: It was americas first space project -
Who: Gemini
What: Spaceship
When: January 3, 1962
Why: it help NASA understand what they needed to do before the apollo missions to make sure it was ready for launch -
Who: Pioneer
What: Spacecraft
When: November 8, 1968
Why: It went beyond our galaxie -
Who: John F. Kennedy
What: Apollo 1
When May 25, 1969-1972
Why: it is important because it was the first manned spaceship to land on the moon -
Who: Skylab
What: SPacestation
When: May 4, 1973
Why: It was one of the first spacestations launched -
Who: Columbia
What: Spaceship
When: April 12, 1981
Why: it was the first spaceship launched, so when it failed it made everyone want to try and make a succesful launch. -
Who: Mars Pathfinder
What: Rover
When: December 5, 1996
Why: It is important because it was the first rover to land on mars -
Who: International Space Station
What: Spacecraft
When: November 20, 1998
Why: It is important because if you are in soace then you can go there and get materials or refuel -
Who: Satrdust
What: Spaceprobe
When: Febuary 7, 1999
Why: It was important because it explored comets -
Who: Suttle-mir
What: spacestation
When: June 4, 1999
Why: It was a teamwork between the U.S. and russia -
Who: Galileo
What: Spacecraft
When: September 21, 2003
Why: It was first to discover a moon of an asteroid, it was also the first spacecraft to fly past an asteriod, and it discovered many things on Jupiters satellite. -
Who: Mars Pathinder
What: Rover
When: May 25, 2008
Why: Found new water and volcanoes on mars -
Who: Glory
What: Satellite
When: Febuary 20, 2013
Why: A low earth orbit research satellite which will increase our understanding of the earths energy balance
