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First satellite launched into space
Sputnik I is the first satellite to be launched into space, and was launched by the Soviet Union. -
First man into space
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is the first man into space and orbited the Earth in 108 minutes. -
Space Shuttle Challenger blows up
Space Shuttle Challenger blew up with schoolteacher onboard who was going to teach some classes in space. Some of her students were watching the spaceship when it blew up. -
First man walks on the moon
Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin landed on the moon with Apollo 11 and spent 21 1/2 hours on the moon, 2 1/2 of those hours outside of the capsule. -
First winged spaceship to return to landing port
Shuttle Columbia becomes the first winged spaceship to orbit Earth and return to landing on Earth -
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First crew to occupy the ISS
Captain Shepherd and the crew he commands (Expedition-1 crew), is the first group to occupy the International Space Station (ISS). -
Space Shuttle Columbia breaks apart
Space Shuttle Columbia breaks apart over Texas only 16 minutes before it was supposed to land back in Florida. -
SpaceX launces Falcon 9 rocket
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ,carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft, is launched from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, on NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. This shuttle had 2 NASA astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, onboard. -
NASA launches James Webb Space Telescope
This telescope is designed to discover more about our galaxy, and then explore our universe.
