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The first spotting of the moon through a telescope.
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Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled
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Herman's Oberth launches first personal rocket with students.
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First German military liquid fueled rockets developed.
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Soviet Union launches first rocket on there own.
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First research flight launched by the U.S. captured by the V-2 space rocket.
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First animals launched into space (fruit flies) by the U.S.
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First ballistic missle produced by the USSR.
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First artificial satellite put into space that brings back signals to Earth launched by the USSR.
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First animal launched into orbit, dog named Laika launched by USSR and did not return alive.
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First rocket launched into Earth's orbit by USSR.
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First detection of solar wind by USSR.
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First photograph of the Earth from the Earth's orbit by U.S. NASA.
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First plants and animals to return to Earth safely/alive from the Earth's orbit.
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First human spaceflight and humanned orbital flight.
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First women in space by USSR.
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First sighting of Mars and flyby by U.S. NASA.
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First human on the moon by th U.S (Apollo 11).
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First space station in space by USSR.
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First soft landing on Mars and first signals from the surface.
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First spacecraft beyond the orbitnof Neptune by U.S. NASA.
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First photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA.
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First polar orbit around the sun by U.S. NASA and the ESA.
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Longest duration in the orbit of Earth by Valeri Polyakov from Russia.
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First orbit of an astroid by U.S. NASA.
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First landing on an astroid by U.S. NASA.
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Kepler Mission launched first space telescope designated for research of Earth's expoplanets by USA.
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First sample of an astroid brought back to Earth by Japan.
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NASA rover successfully lands on Mars to seek out life clues by U.S. NASA.
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The first food to be eaten in space that was grown there is lettuce