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Robert Goddard launched his rocket in Auburn Massachusetts. The successful launch went 41 feet in the air.
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The Soviet Union successfully launches Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite.
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Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into Earth's orbit. This time, an experimental dog named Laika went into orbit also.
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The U.S. launched their first satellite into space.
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Yuri Gagarin is the first man launched into space. He's launched in the Vostok spacecraft
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Alexei Leonov was the first man to walk in space on the Voskhod 2 mission
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The Eagle lands on the Moon and Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step foot on the moon.
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The Soviets launch the worlds first space station out into Earth's orbit
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The Spacecraft reaches Mars and just about to take pictures, is caught in a dust storm.
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America's first space station, Skylab, is launched into space
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Viking 1 is launched. It is the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars.
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Voyager 2 is launched. Voyager 1 isn't launched until 09/5/1977.
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Challenger STS 51-L broke apart 73 seconds into flight.
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The first planet orbiting around a different star is announced on this day. Since then, 368 extrasolar planets have been discovered.
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Mars Pathfinder lands on Mars' Ares Vallis.
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Space shuttle Columbia breaks apart upon it's return to Earth.
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China becomes the third nation to send a human into space.
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Space shuttle Discovery is launched putting it back into flight 2 and a half years after the Columbia incident in 2005
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SpaceX becomes the first private company to launch a spacecraft into orbit successfully.
