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Period: to
1609-1957
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The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei
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First ballistic missle produced by the USSR
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Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets
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Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with students
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First German military liquid fueled rockets developed
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Soviet Union launches first rocket of there own
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-First research flight launched by the U.S.
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First animals launched into space by the U.S
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First animal launched into orbit, dog named Laika launched by USSR and did not return alive
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First ballistic missle produced by the USSR
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-First artificial satellite put into space that brings back signals to earth launched by the USSR
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Period: to 1980 BCE
1958-1980
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First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR
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First photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit by U.S. NASA
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First plants and animals to return to earth safely/alive from the Earth's orbit
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First human spaceflight and humanned orbital flight
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First human on moon by the U.S. (Apollo 11) successful!
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First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S.
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First photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA
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First sample of an asteroid brought back to earth by Japan
