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First spotting of the moon with a telescope.
The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei -
First liquid fueled rocket launched
Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets -
First rocket launch with a student
Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with students -
Soviet union own rocket launched.
Soviet Union launches first rocket of there own -
First research flight launched.
First research flight launched by the U.S. captured by the V-2 space rocket -
First animal launched into space
First animals launched into space (fruit flies) by the U.S.. -
First satellite
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into space. -
First artificial satellite to reach the moon.
First artificial satellite to reach the Moon vicinity and first artificial satellite in heliocentric orbit. -
First pic of another planet
First picture of another planets far side view. The picture is a picture of the moon. -
First living thing to come back alive.
First plants and animals to return alive from Earth orbit. -
First flyby.
First Saturn flyby at 21,000 km, first photographs of Titan from Space. -
First samples from another planet.
First Venus soil samples & sound recording of another world -
First orbiting of an asteroid.
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First landing on an asteroid.
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Last encounter with one major planet.
First flyby of dwarf planet (Pluto).
Last original encounter with one of the nine major planets recognized in 1981. -
First food grown and eaten in space.
Lettuce was the first food eaten that was grown in space.
