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Explorer 6
Explorer 6 was a small American satellite launched in 1959. It was designed to study radiation and different types of energy. Explorer 6 also brought the first picture of earth from orbit. https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/49251998
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Vostok 1
Vostok 6 launched in 1963 and was arguably the most important part of space exploration history. It was the first manned flight to space boarded by Yuri Gagarin. http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_history/50_years_of_humans_in_space/The_flight_of_Vostok_1
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Vostok 6
This was a very important part of history for women's rights and space exploration. Vostok 6 was the first spaceflight boarded by a woman; Valentina Tereshkova. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1963-023A
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Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the first spacecraft that landed humans on the moon! The first man to walk on the moon was Neil Armstong saying his famous quote; that's one small step for man and one large leap for mankind. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html
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Salyut 1
Salyut one was the first space station launched into earth. It was launched by the Soviet Union and they followed this with more successful space stations. https://www.space.com/16773-first-space-station-salyut-1.html
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Mariner 10
Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe designed to fly past Venus and Mercury. It was how we got the first pictures of Venus. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/mariner-10/in-depth/
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Voyager 1
Voyager 1, which is around 14,135,415,433 miles away from earth, is a space probe that was launched by NASA. Thanks to Voyager 1 we got the first-ever pictures of the whole solar system! https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/
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NEAR Shoemaker
Stands for Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous and was a robotic space probe. This was also the first landing on an asteroid. The mission costed $224,000,000 and lasted more than 5 years! https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/near-shoemaker/in-depth/
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MESSENGER
Messenger was a space probe that orbited the planet Mercury to understand its geology and magnetic field in which it was successful. It was also the first orbit of Mercury. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/main/index.html
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JUICE
Is a spacecraft in development by the ESA set to launch in 2022? Its primary mission is to reach Jupiter and take photos and bring back samples of terrains to earth. https://sci.esa.int/web/juice
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First people landing on Mars
First people have landed on Mars after a long 5-year journey! Everybody is learning about it and a lot of people have forgotten about the moon landing due to this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mission_to_Mars
https://www.space.com/1st-human-on-mars-woman.html