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Albert 11 was the first monkey in space.
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Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the fist man in space
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Neil Armstrong and buzz Aldrin were the first men to land on the moon. The first words said on the moon were "the Eagle has landed".
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The space shuttle was the first space craft designed to be reused up to 100 times.
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Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after launch, because of a fuel system failure. All seven astronauts on board were killed, and all shuttles were grounded for nearly three years.
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The first permanent crew moved into the ISS.
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Launched in 2004, it took European Space Agency's Rosetta probe ten years to reach Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.