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Soviet Union First Satellite
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into space. -
First Dog in Space
The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 was launched with a dog named Laika on board. Laika did not survive the voyage. -
First Human in Space
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. -
First Womam in Space
Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova became the first woman in space. -
First Men on the Moon,Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin
July 20 - Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men on the moon. -
First Moon Sample
First moon sample brought to Earth -
First Launched U.S. Space Station
The U.S. launched its first space station, Skylab. -
First Venus soil samples & sound recording of another world
First Venus Samples -
Hubble Space Telescope
The Space Shuttle Discovery deployed the Hubble Space Telescope. -
First mission into the atmosphere of a gas giant (Jupiter)
First mission to jupiter -
First landing on an asteroid
First landing on an astroid. -
Larges Telescope in Space
NASA launched the largest-diameter infrared telescope ever in space, the Spitzer Space Telescope. -
First orbit of Mercury
The first orbit of Mercury was made. -
First probe to land on a comet
First manmade probe to land on a comet -
First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune
First spacecraft to pass beyond all Solar System planets
