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Galileo was the first person to spot the moon through a telescope
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Jupiters four moons were first discoverd
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The first liquid fueled rocket was launched into space by US sceientist Robert, H. Goddard. This started a revelution.
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Sputnik 1, sent the first man made object to orbit around earth (a satalite) This was launched by the U.S.S.R and remained in orbit until January 4, 1958. This mission proved to scientist that the upper atmosphere 's density could be deduced from its drag on the orbit
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Mission Sputnik 2, Carried the dog Laika for 7 days in orbit, was launched by the U.S.S.R and remianed in orbit until April 13, 1958. This mission tested if it was safe enough to send human beings up intp space, they did not expect Laika to live.
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The Luna 1, first man-made satellite to orbit the moon, is launched by the U.S.S.R.
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U.S Mariner 2, The first succsessful space craft flys past Venus and enters a solar orbit. This was the first succsessful space craft in NASA.
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Vostok 6 carries Soviet Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova, the first woman in space and orbits the Earth 48 times. This was a big turnning point in history of women.
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Soviet Luna 9 is the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon or any planetary body other than Earth, and to transmit photographic data to Earth.
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Pioneer 11 reaches Saturn, flying to within 13,000 miles and taking the first close-up photographs.
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The first manned mission of the Space Transportation System (STS-1), Columbia , is launched
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The first manned mission of the Space Transportation System (STS-1), Columbia , is launched
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The hubble space craft was brought into orbit by a space shuttle in 1990 and is still in orbit today
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The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, performing an orbit while dropping a probe into the atmosphere, and putting a satellite into orbit, which will spend the next two years orbiting the planet.
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Russia launched the largest observatory ever into space