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Sputnik Enters Orbit
The USSR launches the first satellite into orbit around the earth. -
First Animal in Space
The USSR sends the first animal into space a dog named Laika. The dog does survive 7 days, but dies during the flight. -
First Human In Space
Yuri Gagarin rode on Vostok 1 making him the first human in space. -
First Women In Space
Valentina Tereshkova was aboard Vostok 6 becoming the first woman in space. -
First Deaths In Space
On a more somber note the crew of the Apollo 1 died the first deaths in space. -
First Moon Landing
Neil Armstrong and the rest of the Apollo 11 crew land on the moon. -
First Space Station
The USSR launch the Salyut 1 the first space station the crew die during reentry. -
First International Docking
US and Russian space craft dock together. -
First Mars Landing
The rover Viking 1 lands on Mars and send photos back to earth. -
First Reusable Space Vehicle
The space shuttle is created it is launched attached to a rocket and lands like a plane. -
First American Woman In Space
Sally Ride is the first American woman in space. -
First Woman to Space Walk
Svetlana Savitskaya is the first woman to do a space walk she worked on welding on space station Salyut 7 for over 3 hours. -
First Year In Space
The Russian cosmonaughts Musa Manorav and Vladmir Titov spend 366 days in space. -
First Space Telescope
Hubble Space telescope deployed. This telescope is capable of taking pictures and sending them back to earth. -
First Space Craft to Exit Solar System
Pioneer 10 becomes the first spacecraft to exit the Solar System. It is currently 6.5 billion miles away. -
First ISS Mission
A Russian is transported on a space shuttle onto the ISS. -
First Surface Travel on Another Planet
The robot Sojourner travels on the surface of Mars. -
First Non-Astronaught to enter Space
The billionare Dennis Tito paid $20 M to go into space. -
China Sends First Man into Space
Yang Liwei becomes the first Chinese astronaught to enter space. This makes China the third country to send a person into space. -
First Spacecraft to Orbit Saturn
Cassini-Huygens is the first spaceship to orbit Saturn.
