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1610
The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei -
1926
Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets -
1947
First animals launched into space (fruit flies) by the U.S. -
1957
First artificial satellite put into space that brings back signals to earth launched by the USSR -
1957
First animal launched into orbit, dog named Laika launched by USSR and did not return alive -
1959
First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR -
1959
First photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit by U.S. NASA -
1960
First plants and animals to return to earth safely/alive from the Earth's orbit -
1963
First women in space by USSR -
1969
First human on moon by the U.S. (Apollo 11) successful -
1983
First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune by U.S. NASA -
1990
Hubble satellite was launched and gave NASA the fist picture of the whole solar system. -
1992
First polar orbit around the Sun by U.S. NASA and the ES -
2001
First landing on an asteroid by U.S. NASA -
2012
NASA rover successfully lands on mars to seek out life-clues by U.S. NASA -
