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When the Soviet union successfully launched Sputnik 1.
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First photos of another world from space.The far side of the moon.
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friendship 7-project Mercury carries John H. Glenn, jr. and orbits the earth three times.
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First probe to map the moon.The probe was called Luna 11.
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Apollo 8 - first Apollo to use Saturn V rocket. Frank Borman, James A. Lovell Jr., and William A. Anders orbited the moon 10 times then returned safely.
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First human on the moon,and first space launch from a celestial body other than earth.
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Apollo 13-on their way to the moon, James A. lovell John swigert, and Fred W. Haise Jr.,have an oxygen tank explosion. Moon landing is not accomplished but astronauts returned safely to earth
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Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 doc and becomes the first international spacecraft rendezvous in space.
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challenger mission lanches with first american women in space- Sally K. Ride
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25th space shuttle (51L) - challenger 10 exploded 73 seconds after lift off.
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mir space station fire breaks out. the fire is quickly contained before serious damage occurs
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Space shuttle discovery lifts off for the newly functional International Space Station.
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MIr space station falls to Earth and parts that do not burn up in the atmosphere land in the Pacific Ocean
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American businessman pays 20 million dollars to become the first tourist in the ISS. The Russian space agency transports him to and from the station.
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Saturn had its first orbit.
