Space Exploration 1981-present day

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  • First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S.

    First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S.

    The space shuttle was developed by NASA and is the first manned spacecraft that is usable more than once.

  • First photograph of the whole solar system

    From 6 billion kilometers away, Voyager 1 takes a self portrait by analyzing the orbits and pictures of all the different planets that becomes a 60 piece mosaic of our Milky Way galaxy.
  • First landing on an asteroid

    First landing on an asteroid

    The space probe NEAR Shoemaker was developed by John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in order to orbit an asteroid, and eventually landing on it in 2001.

  • NASA rover successfully lands on mars

    The rover curiosity was sent to Mars to extract knowledge from what is found, hence the name curiosity.
  • NASA sends trip to space station

    NASA sends trip to space station

    So far NASA has sent up a shuttle to the space station for research purposes, as it is a great place for space study with immediate information from space telescopes.