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The first telescope was made by Galileo Galilei.
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The first US rocket to reach the edge of space was launched
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President Eisenhower had set up the country's first full-scale nuclear powerplant.
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The first man made object was launched by the U.S.S.R and remained in orbit until January 4th 1958.
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The first dog was launched into space, it was also launched by the U.S.S.R. It remained in orbit until April 13th 1958
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The first US satilite to be put into orbit was launched, and it had discovered earth's radiation belt
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The soviets had sent Luna 12 which had made inpact a day later and noted as the first manmade object to ever make contact with the moon
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The soviets had launched Soviet Venus 3 which had become the first object to make contact with venus
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Soviet luna 10 was the first object to ever orbit the full moon
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Apollo 11 was safley landed on the moon where Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin had become the first men to walk on the moon
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The first spacecraft to pass the orbit of Neptune. Launched by the US
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Sally K. Ride was the first US women to travel through space on Challenger mission STS-7
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The US has the first operational rover to be on another planet. (mars)
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The double probe had been launched aiming at Saturn. It is the most complex unmanned planetary object ever attemped. It cost more that $2.5 billion and took 17 nations, and hundreds of scientists from Euerope and America. It was able to send pictures of Saturn's rings and its 18 moons.
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NASA's LCROSS found water in a cold permently dark crater at the south pole of the moon
