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Spuntnik
1957: Sputnik~ The U.S.S.R launches sputnik 1 the first artiflcial satellite to orbit the earth -
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Gargarin
1961: Gagarin~ Sovlet cosmonaut yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space -
Around the world
1962: Around the world~Aboard the friendship 7, John Glenn is the first American to obrit the earth -
Look at mars
1965: look at mars~ NASA’s Mariner 4 conducts the first mars flyby. -
One small step
1969: One small step~Neil armstrong becomes the first human to walk on the moons surface. -
Salyut
1971: Salyut~ Russia’s salyut 1 (the worlds first space station) is launched from an unmanned rocket -
Voyagers
1977: Voyagers~ America’s Voyager 1 and 2 deep space probes are launched -
Jupiters Flyby
1979: Jupiters Flyby: During jupiter flyby cameras aboard voyager 1 detect a ring largely made of dust around the planet anolcanones on lo, its moon. -
Columbia
1981: Columbia~ The U.S space shuttle era begins with the flight of Columbia. -
Space telescopes
1990: Space telescope~ The Hubble space telescope is deployed in earth orbit space shuttle discovery. -
Joint effort
1995: Joint effort~ The U.S space shuttle Atlantis docks to the russian space station Mlr. -
Expolering mars
1997: Exploring mars~ A u.s rover named Sojourer wheels onto the surface of mars to explores the planet’s geology -
Cooperation in space
1998: Cooperation in space~ The International space station is established. -
Pay to Fly
2004: pay to fly~Virgin Galactic, a company owned by entrepreneur Richard Branson, accepts
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Mercury
2011: Mercury~ The U.S messenger mission to mercury launched in 2004 finally begins its year long orbit of that planet. Its observtions have, so far, added evidence to the theory that mercury’s shadowed polar craters contain water ice.