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First Telescope
Gallileo made the first telescope -
First telescope with curved mirrors
Sir Isaac Newton made first telescope with curved mirrors instead of lenses. -
First liquid fueled rocket
The first liquid fueled rocket was four feet tall and reached 60 miles per hour. -
NASA launches their first rocket in space
The rocket was called the Wac Corporal -
First animals in space
Fruit flies inside vials were brought into space -
First live animal in space
Laika, a dog, was brought into space to see if animals could survive. -
First American satellite
Explorer 1 was brought into space -
First American in space
Alan Shepard was the first American astronaut in space -
Moon walk
Apollo 11 mission landed on the moon -
First orbital space station
Russians launch Salyut 1 -
First space shuttle launched
Columbia was launched -
First American woman in space
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First comet and space probe impact
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First dust collected from a comet
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First man made craft to orbit an asteroid
Dawn spacecraft
