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1st Man-Made Satellite
The first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1. -
1st Living Creature in Space
Laika, the dog, was the first creature on space. -
NASA Founded
Dwight D. Eisenhower founded NASA. -
1st Human in Space
Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space. -
1st American in Space
Alan B. Shepard was the first American in space. -
1st American in Orbit
John Glenn was the first American in orbit. -
1st Woman in Space
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova was the first woman in space. -
1st Spacewalk
Alexei Leonov made the first spacewalk. -
1st Two People to be on the Moon
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first two people to be on the moon. -
Skylab Launched
Skylab was a space station launched and operated by NASA. -
1st Launch
STS-1 was the first orbital flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. -
1st American Woman in Space
Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. -
Challenger Disaster
The NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight. Which lead to the deaths of its seven crew members, which included five NASA astronauts and two payload specialists. -
Hubble Telescope Launched
The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit and remains in operation. -
International Space Station
Assembly of the International Space Station is about the construction of an Earth-orbiting space station. -
1st Landing on an Asteroid
NEAR Shoemaker is the 1st Landing on an Asteroid. -
Columbia Disaster
A piece of foam insulation broke off from the Space Shuttle external tank and struck the left wing. -
Spirit
The rover was originally designed for a 90 Sol mission and it landed on Mars. -
Opportunity
The rover was originally designed for a 90 Sol mission and it landed on Mars. -
Cassini-Huygens Arrives at Saturn
Cassini–Huygens is an unmanned spacecraft sent to the planet Saturn. -
Skylab Falls to Earth
It was America's first manned space station. -
Curiosity
Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral. -
Last Launch
Dan Winters was one of a few who got close-up access to the shuttles for their final launches.
