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A U.S. rocket scientist named Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid fueled. The rocket was 4- feet high. It reached 60 miles per hour.
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The U.S. military reuses a German rocket, which is the first high altitude space flight. Reaches 70 miles.
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First U.S. rocket launched into space, which reaches the end of the moon
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Fruit flies were the first animal in space in the V-2 rocket. Which was launched from the white launching proving grounds. The fruit flies were in the vials.
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The Soviet Union launched the first animal. Contained a pressurized container with a dog named Laika. Laika lived eight days until food ran out. Which proved that animals can survive in space.
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This satellite was the explorer 1. It weighed 30 pounds and was the first American satellite.
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NASA is founded. NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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The first man-made object to touch the moon. A satellite made by Russia called the Luna 2.
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The astronauts name was Alan Shepard. The trip lasted 15 minutes. He experienced 5 minutes of weightlessness.
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The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter. Will study Jupiter and its moons.
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The NEAR spacecraft will be studying the asteroid Eros for about a year. And also the gravity of Eros. Also the surface of the asteroid.
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NEAR land on the Asteroid called Eros. After a year of orbiting the asteroid, why decided to land on Eros to get additional information.
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The Huygens probe lands on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Huygens sends photos to Earth of the surface of Titan. This is the first time we get to see another surface that isn't ours.
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The Deep Impact space probe took a 174 day long trip and slammed into a comet called Tempel 1. There was water and ice found in the comet. The probe took a picture of the impact