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First Space Station
The USSR sends the first space station, Salyut 1 into space. A large satlitte can be sent into space and people can live on it! -
First Space Shuttle Flight
John Young and Robert Crippen fly the the first space shuttle on it,s first flight, shuttle Columbia.The space craft that would be used by NASA was flown on it's first flight and it is sucsesful. -
First Mars Rover
The first Mars rover called, Sojourner lands on Mars. A man made veicle lands on another planet other than Earth! -
New Horizons Space Craft
A space craft is launched by NASA on it's way to Pluto. This is the farthest distance any man made object has gone away from Earth. Even now in 2012 the craft is only half way there! -
The International Space Station is Completed
The International Space Station, the biggest space station ever built is completed. A structure that units many countries in space is finished so that many difforent people can live there.