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Sputnik
This date marks the lauch of the first man-made object in sapce. -
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Space Exploration
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Apollo 11
First U.S Lunar Landing. Niel Armstrong stepped out of the Apollo to be the firsrt man to touch the moon with his crewmate "Buzz" Aldrin right behind him they then planted the American Flag in the moon surface showcasing our achivement forever.
"A small step for man and a giant leap for mankind." -
Apollo-Soyuz
The last flight of the "Apollo" and the first international partnership in space exploration. -
The Viking
First photo taken of the suface of Mars. -
STS - 7 Flight Of The Challenger
First woman astronaut in space. Sally Ride. -
STS-8 Flight Of The Challenger
The First African American in space, Gioun S. Bluford -
STS-8 Flight Of The Challenger
First Un-Tethered Spacewalk -
Giotto
Europe's First Deep Space Mission -
Challenger-Explosion
Challenger explodes 73 seconds nto flight and claims the lives of seven astronauts and the first civilan in space Christa Mc Aulifee. NASA didn't send anyone to space for 3 years after the disaster. -
Hubble Space Telescope
Present scientist's principal tool for exploring the Universe. -
STS-60 Discovery
First flight of a Russian cosmonaut in a U.S space shuttle. -
Radarsat-1
The Canadien sattlite provides important information for climate research, oceanography,agriculture,foresty,hydrology and geology. -
Chandrayaan-1
India's only lauch into space. -
Yinghuo-1
China's first inplanetary mission.
