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Space Exploration Timeline 1981-Present

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    Space Exploration 1981- 2014

  • First Reusable Spacecraft

    First Reusable Spacecraft

    The first reusable spacecraft(space shuttle) was Columbia.

  • First In-Space Sattelite Repair

    The first in-space sattelite repair was done by Challenger.
  • Challenger Tragedy

    Challenger Tragedy

    The space shuttle Challenger blew up due to a faulty O-ring in the rocket boosters. NASA shut down all shuttle flights.
  • Mir Space Station

    Mir Space Station

    Mir was the first space station to have a crew on it.

  • Space Shuttles Return to Flight

    NASA re-designed the rocket boosters and communacation problems that caused the Challenger tragedy. They returned back to flight two years after the disaster.
  • First Large Space Telescope

    First Large Space Telescope

    The first large space telescope(Hubble) is launched into space.
  • International Space Station

    International Space Station

    The first part of the International Space Station(I.S.S.) was sent into space. This is the first space station for more that one country.

  • First Landing On An Asteroid

    The N.E.A.R. rover landed on the asteroid Eros.
  • First Tourist In Space

    First Tourist In Space

    The first tourist in space paid $20 milliion to go to the I.S.S. The U.S. would not accept his offer but the Russians later did. He got limited access to the I.S.S.

  • First Chinese Manned Spaceflight

    The Chinese launched their first manned spaceflight.