Space Exploration of 1981-Present Day

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  • First Spacecraft Beyond Neptune

    The first spacecraft (Pioneer 10) that had made it outside of Neptune's orbit.

  • First Long Term Reasearch Station

    First Long Term Reasearch Station
    The first consistently inhabited research station- Mir- USSR.

  • First Polar Orbit Around the Sun

    The first polar orbit took place around the sun- made possible by both NASA and ESA (European Space Agency).

  • First Orbit of Jupiter

    First Orbit of Jupiter
    NASA used the spacecraft Galileo to orbit Jupiter.

  • First Orbit of Saturn

    First Orbit of Saturn
    Working together, NASA, ESU (European Space Union), and ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) sent Cassini-Huygens into orbit around Saturn.