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The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei
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First German military liquid fueled rockets developed
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1947-First animals launched into space (fruit flies) by the U.S.
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1957-First artificial satellite put into space that brings back signals to earth launched by the USSR
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1957-First animal launched into orbit, dog named Laika launched by USSR and did not return alive
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1959-First photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit by U.S. NASA
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1960-First plants and animals to return to earth safely/alive from the Earth's orbit
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1961-First human spaceflight and humanned orbital flight
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1965-First sighting of mars and flyby by U.S. NASA
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1969-First human on moon by the U.S. (Apollo 11) successful!
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1981-First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S.
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2000-First orbit of an asteroid by U.S. NASA
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2001-First landing on an asteroid by U.S. NASA
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2010-First sample of an asteroid brought back to earth by Japam
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2012-NASA rover successfully lands on mars to seek out life-clues by U.S. NASA