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First exposition based on Newton's
First exposition of the rocket equation based on Newton's third law of motion: Treatise on the Motion of Rockets which was made by the Great Britain -
First telescopic photograph of the moon
First clear telescopic photograph of another world: the Moon. By the USA -
First pictures of Earth
First pictures of Earth from 105 km by the united states -
First animals in space (fruit flies)
First animals in space (fruit flies) by the United States -
The first rocket to pass the Thermopause and enter the Exosphere.
The first rocket to pass the Thermopause and enter the Exosphere. At 682 miles (1,097.57 km) altitude and 3,335 miles range, the 3-stage Jupiter-C breaks both records and achieves MACH 18 velocity. by USA -
The first human
First human-piloted space flight (Alan Shepard)
First human-crewed suborbital flight
First human space mission that landed with pilot still in spacecraft, thus the first complete human spaceflight by FAI definitions. -
First woman in space
First woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova) by the URSS -
First close-up photographs of another planet
First close-up photographs of another planet: Mars by the USA -
First human on the Moon
First human on the Moon, and first space launch from a celestial body other than the Earth
First sample return from the Moon. In the mission apollo 11 by the Nasa in the USA -
space station
First consistently inhabited long-term research space station
