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Moscow launched the first artificial space satellite which was sputnik 1, sputnik 2 launched its first living being into orbit which was a dog that later died a few hours after.
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Soviet cosmonaut Gagarin was the first man space, he completed a single 108 minute orbit
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Us astronaut Neil Armstrong is the first man to step onto the moon, Edwin aldrin joined him shortly 20 minutes after.
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Soviet Union launched the very first orbital space station called Salyut 1. It was brought back to earth in 2001 after 15 years into orbit.
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US spacecraft Viking 1 was the first to successfully land on mars and send back pictures of the red planet.
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US space shuttle, Columbia which is the first reusable manned space craft, made its first voyage. It then got destroyed in flight with the loss of 14 astronauts in 2003.
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Hubble was the first space telescope which was placed into orbit 340 miles from earth, which allowed scientists to observe planets and galaxies and distant stars.
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Dennis Tito an Italian American multi-millionaire became the world first space tourist. He pad Russia $20 million to stay on the ISS for eight days.
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Us company SpaceX was the first to do a private venture to successfully launch a rocket into earths orbit which was the Falcon 1.
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A European space agency placed a small robot named Philae on a comet more than 500 million kilometers from earth. It was a part of a mission which was aiming to explore the origins of our Solar System