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First Sputnick launch on Oct. 4, 1957, while the last launch was on November 3rd, 1957. First Russian space program.
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First and only Mercury space program launched Oct. 7, 1958. NASA wanted to discover more about space.
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Probes were Russian made and they are significant because of the information we gained from them about Venus
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Started 1962, first probe launched on July 22nd 1962 , Last mariner launched on November 1973. We learned the surface of Mars is hard.
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Since 1965 Scientists have wanted photos of Mars and thus created the desire to go to mars. This is significant because we then sent different types of rovers to mars to investigate.
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The first and only launch of the Gemini program launched March 23, 1965, First U.S space program.
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The skylab was sent into space on may 14th 1973. It is significant because it is the first space station from the U.S.
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It cost roughly a billion dollars but was significant because we learned that the surface of Mars is solid.
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It cost roughly a billion dollars but was significant because we learned that the surface of Mars is solid.
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First Space Shuttle was launched on April 12, 1981. Significant because first time we didn't use a capsule for the astronauts.
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Cost 551 Million dollars, so when it got to Venus it radar mapped the surface. It is significant because it gave us info. about a planet we can't get to!
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Luanched from the Kennedy Space station in October of 1989. From it we learned about the planet Venus.
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Hubble Telescope is launched into Space! First telescope ever in space!
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Launched February 17, 1996. The goal was to learn more about an asteroid and they wanted to land on it!
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Venus (April 1998 – June 1999)
Earth (August 1999)
Jupiter (December 2000)
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First Craft launched August 8th 2001, while the second launched on September 8th, 2004. It was created to further our understanding of our solar system.