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The Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite
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Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of the moon's far side
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Launch of the 1st crewed Gemini flight
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1st US lunar orbiter begins orbiting the moon
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Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the 1st people on the moon
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Mariner 6 makes its closest approach to planet Mars at 3410 km
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1st space station was launched
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Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 doc becomes the first international spacecraft rendezvous in space
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Challenger mission sends first american woman Sally Ride into space
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1 minute & 13 seconds after liftoff, the Challenger Space Shuttle exploded and killed 7 astronauts
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MIR space station fire breaks out. The fire is quickly contained before serious damage occurs.
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1st module of the ISS, Zarya, was launched
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The MIR space station falls to Earth and parts that do not burn up in the atmosphere land in the Pacific Ocean
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American business man pays 20 million dollars to become the first tourists on the ISS.
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Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon, Titan
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Kepler spacecraft is launched by the U.S with a mission to detect planets outside of our solar system. As of 2015 over 1,000 planets have been detected.