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Sputnik
The Sputnik also called Sputnik 1, was the first satellite to enter space. On October 4th, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. The main purpose was to get new developments for scientific, technological and military reasons. https://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/
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Apollo 11
The real objective of this was to complete a national goal of going to the moon with a man on board. He reentered the atmosphere on July 24, 1969 https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html -
Mars Rover
The first actual rover put in space was the Lunokhod 1, on November 17th, 1970. It was put into space, and onto Mars by the Soviet Union. Many people think the Pathfinder was the first in space, but it was launched on July 4th, 1997. The rovers were launched to get more information about Mars. https://www.space.com/37387-nasa-mars-pathfinder-20-years-anniversary.html
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Atlantis
Space shuttle Atlantis was launched into space on October 3rd, 1985 by NASA, from the United States. The main purpose was to help launch probes, ferry astronauts to and from space stations and helped with secret missions from the United States military. https://www.space.com/18162-space-shuttle-atlantis.html -
Hubble Spacecraft Telescope
It took over 1.3 million observations. Made us find out that Saturn had rings and Jupiter had moons also that the milky way was not a trail or a clump of stars https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/story/index.html -
Space X
The Space X was launched by Elon Musk (Space X company) on May 6th, 2002. The main goal of launching Space X was to reduce the cost of space transportation to make colonies on Mars. https://www.spacex.com/ -
Pathfinder
Mars Pathfinder was designed to be a demonstration of the technology necessary to deliver a lander and a free-ranging robotic rover to the surface of Mars in a cost-effective and efficient manner. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars-pathfinder
