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1610-1957
Galileo Galilei spotted the moon through a telescope. -
1610-1957
Herman Orberth launches the first personal rocket with students. -
1610-1957
First German military liquid fueled rocket developed. -
1610-1957
Robert H. Goddard launched first liquid fueled rocket. -
1610-1957
First animals, fruit flies, launched into space by the US. -
1957-1981
Sputnik was launched by the Soviets. -
1957-1981
Explorer 1 was launched, the first satellite from the US. -
1957-1981
Yuri Gagarin was the first human, a Russian, in space. -
1957-1981
Luna 9, Russian spacecraft, landed on the moon. -
1957-1981
Neil Armstrong and “Buzz” Aldin were the first men on the moon. -
1957-1981
US launched Skylab, their first space station. -
1957-1981
Soviet space station Salyut 1 was launched. -
1981-Present
Space shuttle Columbia was launched. -
1981-Present
Space shuttle Challenger was launched -
1981-Present
Challenger exploded -
1981-Present
Endeavor had the first Hubble servicing mission -
1981-Present
Columbia broke down on re-entry to Earth.
