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First Successful Plane Flight (wright)
The Wright brothers made this flight. This flight took two attempts. One of them resulted in a minor crash. It was important because it made us want to fly more. -
First Successful Liquid-Fueled Rocket Launch
Robert H. Goddard was the man that launched it. It was important because it tested different ships. -
Discovery of Pluto
It was important because they thought it was a x planet, not a real planet. They then later on announced that it wasn't a true planet. -
First Satellite in Space (Sputnik)
It was the world's first artificial satellite. The Soviet Union launced it. It pushed us into the space race, -
Man's first orbit around the Earth
Yuri Gagarin was the man. It was the first time we got out of our atmosphere. -
Apollo I
There was a cabin fire during a launch pad test that killed the three crew members. This made more saftey measures. -
Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon
Armstrong joined NASA in 1962. He awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. -
Apollo XIII
It was supposed to land on the moon, but it had a major problem. An oxygen tank exploded. -
Apollo XVII
It was launched at 12:33 a.m. it was our last time we went to the moon. -
U.S Skylab Placed in Orbit
It is our only space lab by itself in the U.S. It included a workshop, a solar observatory, and other systems. -
Viking Lands On Mars
It was the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission. -
Voyager 1 and 2 Launched
They were the farthes human made object in space. -
First Space Shuttle Flight
This flight represented the greates achievement iin aviation for 1981. It was reusable. -
Challenger Disaster
It broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. They wanted more interests in the space program, so they sent a teacher up. -
Voyager 2 reaches Neptune
Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to observe the planet Neptune. It took 11 years. -
Hubble Space Telescope Placed In Orbit
It was not distorted in the atmosphere. It still remains in operation. -
Pathfinder Lands on Mars.
It took pictures of Mars. It launched December 5th, 1996. -
International Space Station Construction in Space
It was a cooperation between different countries. -
Columbia Disaster
It was the first shuttle to orbit the Earth. It showed the problem of reusing shuttles. -
Space Shuttle Program's Last Flight
Shuttles have been used for 30 years. -
Spirit and Opportunity Land On Mars
It showed that there were once water on Mars.
