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The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first artificial space satellite.
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NASA was established.
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Friendship 7 carried NASA astronaut John Glenn into space.
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NASA launched their first crewed satellite called Gemini.
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NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 enters moon orbit.
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First NASA Apollo mission to use Saturn V. rocket. Many astronauts orbited the moon 10 times and returned safely.
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NASA's Apollo 11 landed the first two humans on the moon.
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NASA launches Challenger.
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Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
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Mir Space Station gets on fire.
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Russia launches Zarya, the first component of the ISS.
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China launches Shenzhou.
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USSR's Mir Station falls into the Pacific Ocean.
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NASA's Rover lands on Mars.
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NASA launches Kepler spacecraft to detect planets outside of our solar system. By the end of 2015, over 1000 planets were discovered.
