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In this year, Galileo invented his first telescope.
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On this date, William Herschel discovered Uranus with a massive telescope.
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On this date, the first animals (Fruit flies) were sent up into space.
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On this date, Sputnik 1 was launched into space by the Chinese. It was the first satillite to be launched into space.
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On this date, the first photos of the far side of the moon were taken.
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On this date, the first animal was sent into space for orbit. It was a dog called Laika.
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On this date, the first photograph was taken of Earth from orbit.
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On this date, Yuri Gagarin went into space. he was the first human to achieve this.
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On this date, the first woman (Valentina Tereshkova) was launched into space.
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They left on the 16th of July, 1969, they landed on the Moon on the 21st of July, 1969. 3 people went on this mission, but only 2 got the privilege of walking on the Moon.
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The first successful landing occured on Venus on this date. The shuttle was called Verena 7, and was launched by the Chinese.
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On this date, the first orbit around Venus occured.
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This was the date that the Hubble Telescope was created.
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On this day, the first operational rover was on another planet (Mars).
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This was the date that a gamma ray burst was detected by the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.
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On this date, the first orbit of Saturn occured.
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Mission ends when Atlantis ends at Kennedy Space Center.
