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NASA is founded
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Yuri Gargarin is the first person sent into space
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Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space
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John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit Earth
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Valentina Tareshkova is the first woman in space
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Apollo 11 mission successfully reaches the moon
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Skylab is launched
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Voyager 2 is launched
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Guion Bluford goes into space
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Rakesh Sharma goes into space as part of Soyuz mission
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Mir Space station is launched into orbit
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Hubble Space Telescope launched
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International Space Station launched
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Yang Liwei is the first Chinese person in space
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European Space Agency launches Rosetta space rover
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Pluto is downgraded to a dwarf planet from a planet
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Chang’e 3 moon rover is launched
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Elon Musk launched a Tesla car into space to prove that he could do it
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Parker Solar Probe launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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Beresheet moon lander is launched
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Martian Rover Perseverance makes it to Mars and begins active study of the planet
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Hope orbiter of the United Arab Emirates is LAUNCHED into space toward Mars
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Tiangong space station launched
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James Webb Telescope is launched into space
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India plans to send manned mission into space