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The Soviets launched Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 is marked as the start of space exploration of mankind -
First satellite launched by the US (Explorer 1)
Explorer 1 was the first satellite to be launched by the United States -
Yuri Gagarin became the first man on space
Yuri Gagarin became the first man on space on 1961 on the mission Vostok 1 (Boctok 1) -
The first American in space
The first American in space is Alan Shepard, he was aboard the spacecraft Mercury in the 5th of May, 1961 -
Zond 5 was launched
Zond 5 was launched by the Soviets on 15th of Spetsember of 1968 -
Lunokhod 1 and Luna 17
Lunokhod 1 was launched via spacecraft Luna 17 on 10th of November, 1971 by the Soviets -
The US launched its first space station
Skylab was the first space station operated by US -
Pioneer II reached Saturn
Pioneer II took a image of Saturn when passing it by around 400.000km away from Saturn -
Voyager 1 reached Saturn
Voyager 1 reached Saturn first rather than its other mission Voyager 2 -
First African-American Man Got Launched to Space
Guion S. Bluford is the First African-American Man Got Launched to Space. -
The space shuttle Challanger exploded midair
28th of January 1989, The space mission Challanger exploded midair after liftoff, killing all of the 7 crew members -
The Gallileo probe began transmitting data from Jupiter
Galileo probe transmitts a 57.5 minute transmission from Jupiter -
The oldest man in space
The oldest man to go to space is John Glenn (77) who went to orbit around in 16th of Oct, 1996 -
Launch of the Kepler
The Kepler Spacecraft was launched on 7th March 2009 -
The first space tourist
The first space tourist, Dennnis Titio, went to space with the aircraft, ISS-EP1
