Space evens in history By Joe Potempa Nov 11, 1983 The chalenger is launched Feb 7, 1984 The first spacewalk is performed Jun 24, 1984 Sally Ride went up into space Aug 30, 1984 The space shuttle Discovery is launched Aug 8, 1985 First flight of space shuttle Atlantis Oct 3, 1988 The first shuttle flight after the Challenger disaster May 4, 1989 The Magellan Venus probe is launched from the Atlantis Apr 16, 1990 Discovery mission launches the hubble space telescope May 16, 1992 The first three person space walk takes place Dec 13, 1993 The ailing Hubble Space Telescope is repaired Feb 11, 1994 Sergei Krikalev becomes the first Russian cosmonaut on a U.S. shuttle mission Nov 7, 1998 The first American to orbit the Earth launches Feb 1, 2003 The columbia is destroyed Jul 21, 2011 NASA officially rNasa retired its Space Shuttle program after 30 years of service Apr 16, 2013 The columbia goes on a transport mission