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Sputnik 1 was the first satellite successfully launched into orbit around earth
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In 1958 NASA was founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower
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First landing of a human-made spacecraft.
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On December 14, 1962 we recorded the first data of another planet from Mars
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1967 marked the first human casualty in space
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Apollo 11 was the first spaceship to make a soft landing on the moon
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First aircraft to fly by Jupiter
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the Philae lander accomplished the first soft landing of a human-made spacecraft on the surface of a comet—a never done before feat, and one that was considered very ambitious and risky at the time.