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Sir Isaac Newton created a new type of telescope that used mirrors to focus light. This type of telescopes is called a reflecting telescope.
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It explained the math behind the universal law of gravitation. It was Sir Isaac Newton.
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Robert Goddard successfully launched the first liquid fuel rocket. This event is considered the beginning of the Space Age. He successfully applied three-axis control, gyroscopes and steerable thrust to rockets, making it possible to control their flight.
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Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh. it was considered the ninth planet until it was re-classified as a dwarf planet in 2006.
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Wernher von Braun was the main scientist in the group that created this missile.
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The first American rocket reached an altitude of 50 miles.
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The first pictures of Earth were taken from an altitude of 65 miles. We got to see the planet we live on from space.
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The Soviets launched Sputnik 1 which was the first man-made satellite.
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The Soviets launched the first man-made satellite into space. It was Called Sputnik 1.
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The Soviets launched Sputnik 2 into space with Laika the dog onboard.Laika did not survive this mission.
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The Soviets launched Yuri Gagarin into an orbit around the Earth on Vostok 1. He was the first man to ever go into space.
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Alan Shepard was the first American in space.
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He was the first American in space ,but he did not reach orbit.
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The Soviets launched the first woman into space.The first woman in space was named Valentina Tereshkova and was launched in Vostok 6.
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The Soviets launched Voskhod 1. It was the first multi-person spacecraft.
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Its acheived goals were rendezvous and docking manuevers and extra-vehicular activities (space walk).
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Neil Armstrong, Micheal Collins, and Buzz Aldrin are the first men to walk on the moon. They brought back samples of the moon's rock for testing. This was part of the Apollo Program.
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The Soviets launched the Mars 3 Orbiter and lander. The orbiter was used to study the topography of the surface of mars. The lander was used to study the atmospheric composition and to measure mechanical and chemical properties of the surface of Mars.
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Skylab was the United States' only independently built space station. It included a laboratory for studying the effects of microgravity. It also had a solar observatory
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Its initial mission was to study Jupiter and its moons and then Saturn. The spacecraft remained active after completion of its initial mission and has been returning data for 36 years. On August 25, 2012 Voyager 1 entered interstellar space making it the first man-made object to leave the solar system.
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It was the first reusable space vehicle in the world.
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The Hubble Space Telescope was carried into orbit by a space shuttle and is still in use. The Hubble helped to find out the rate that universe is growing at.
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Since them nearly 1,000 planets have been discovered outside our solar system. The rate os discovery has increased as search techniques are refined.
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They used it to prove that the development of faster, better and cheaper spacecrafts was possible.
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Opportunity is a rover on Mars. It searched the climate and geology for past water activity.
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The rover Spirit landed on Mars and searched the rocks for any clues on past water activity on Mars.
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Launch of Deep Impact space probe to intercept comet Tempel 1. Part of the spacecraft known as an impactor slammed into the comet to directly detect its chemical makeup. This is the first time a space probe has done this. The information collected will hel scientists better understand the formation of our solar system.
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The first privately owned spacecraft to reach Earth orbit and return safely.
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The MPCV (multi-purpose crew vehicle), also known as the Orion spacecraft.
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The Mars rover curiosity is launched from Cape Canaveral. It investigated the climate and geology of Mars.