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This is the date that John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth was born.
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Alan Shepard is the first person from the U.S. to travel in space.
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This is the date that Edward White became the first person to ever embark on a U.S. space walk.
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Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin landed on the moon.
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Pioneer 10 is launched on this date, a mission to familiarize alien life with humans.
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This is the date that Sally Ride entered into low Earth orbit with NASA.
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The Hubble Telescope, which was a mission to gather information from beyond our solar system, was launched on this date.
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Sojourner, which was an unmanned vehicle, landed on Mars on this date.
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The International Space Station, which is a research facility that orbits Earth, was launched on this date.
