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The first rocket called the V2 is launched.
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Fruit flies are sent to space.
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Albert the monkey is sent to space.
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Laika the dog is sent to space.
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The first satellite, Sputnik is sent to space.
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Yuri Gagarin is the first man in space.
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Valentina Tereshkova is the first woman in space.
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon.
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A Russian probe is sent to Mars.
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The Space Shuttle launches into flights occurring from 1981 to 2011.
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The Hubble telescope is launched into a low Earth orbit.
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Helen Sharman is the first British astronaut in space.
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Mae Jemison was the first African-American woman to travel into Space.
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The International Space Station is launched into orbit in 1998.
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Dennis Tito is the first space tourist.
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The first private space flights are available.
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Tim Peake becomes the first British ESA Astronaut to visit the International Space Station.
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Astronaut Peggy Whitson broke the US record for longest overall time in Space with 665 days in orbit.
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China’s Chang’e 4 explorer became the first spacecraft to successfully land on the far side of the Moon.
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SpaceX Dragon flew astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
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NASA successfully lands the Perseverance rover on Mars and begins exploration.
