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Galileo Galilei spotted the moon through a telescope.
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Herman Orberth launches the first personal rocket with students.
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First German military liquid fueled rocket developed.
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Robert H. Goddard launched first liquid fueled rocket.
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First animals, fruit flies, launched into space by the US.
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Sputnik was launched by the Soviets.
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Explorer 1 was launched, the first satellite from the US.
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Yuri Gagarin was the first human, a Russian, in space.
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Luna 9, Russian spacecraft, landed on the moon.
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Neil Armstrong and “Buzz” Aldin were the first men on the moon.
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US launched Skylab, their first space station.
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Soviet space station Salyut 1 was launched.
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Space shuttle Columbia was launched.
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Space shuttle Challenger was launched
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Challenger exploded
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Endeavor had the first Hubble servicing mission
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Columbia broke down on re-entry to Earth.
