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The first telescope was created by Galileo. The telescope jelped prove that the sun was the middle of the solar system and let us see other planets. He invented it in Europe.
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After two previous failures, Germany successfully launches their V-2 rocket. It is the first man-made object to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight. It reaches an altitude of 100km.
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The United States launches its first American designed rocket. This was known as the Wac Corporal. The rocket reaches the edge of space at an altitude of 50 miles. This was launched in New Mexico.
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Fruit flies become the first animals in space. There ae launced in a
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The first US satellite is in orbit. It will discover the Earth's radiation belt.
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The first weather successful satellite is launched by the US. It was called Tiros 1. It was launched by NASA to try and study the Earth.
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Cosmonaut Yuri A. Gargarin becomes the first man in space. He orbits the earth once. He was from Russia.
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Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. make the first landing on the Moon, and the first moonwalk, using Apollo 11. It launced out of Florida.
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Pioneer 11 reaches Saturn getting the first close up pictures. It flys about 13,000 miles. It was launced by NASA.
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First spacecraft to pass beyond all Solar System planets. NASA launced it in the USA. It was called Pioneer 10.
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Voyager 1 was a space probe launced by NASA to study the outer solar system. It was about 6 billion kilometers away from Earth.
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First mission into the atmosphere of a gas giant. The gas giant was Jupiter. This space probe was launced by NASA. It was called Galileo's atmospheric entry probe.
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The first orbit of Mercury was called MESSENGER. Nasa launced this spacecraft.
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First manmade probe to land on a comet. It was launced in Europe by the European Spaec Agency. It was the Philae lander, carried by the Rosetta probe.
