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First time looking through a telescope at the Moon
Galileo Galilei was the first person to see the moon through a telescope -
First liquid fueled rockets launched
Robert H. Goddard Launches the first liquid fueled rockets -
First personal rocket launched with students
Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with students -
The first liquid fueled rockets were developed by the German military
First German military liquid fueled rockets developed -
The first rocket launched by the Soviet Union that was there own
Soviet Union launches first rocket of there own -
First research flight launched by the U.S.
First research flight launched by the U.S. captured by the V-2 space rocket -
First animals launched into space
First animals launched into space (fruit flies) by the U.S. -
First missile produced by USSR
First ballistic missile produced by the USSR -
First artificial satellite put into space by the USSR called Spunik 1
First artificial satellite put into space that brings back signals to earth launched by the USSR -
First animal launched into orbit by the USSR
First animal launched into orbit, dog named Laika launched by USSR and did not return alive -
First photograph of Earth from U.S. NASA
First photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit by U.S. NASA -
First rocket launched in orbit by USSR
First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR -
USSR detects solar wind
First detection of solar wind by USSR -
First time plants and animals return to earth safely from Earths orbit
First plants and animals to return to earth safely/alive from the Earth's orbit -
First human spaceflight
First human spaceflight and manned orbital flight -
USSR puts first women in space
First women in space by USSR -
First sighting of Mars By NASA
First sighting of mars and flyby by U.S. NASA -
First artificial satellite around another world by USSR
First artificial satellite around another world (moon) purposed by USSR -
First human on moon
First human on moon by the U.S. (Apollo 11) successful! Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin -
First space station put into space by USSR
First space station in space by USSR -
First landing on Mars
First soft landing on Mars and first signals from the surface -
First reusable spacecraft by the U.S.
First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S. -
First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune
First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune by U.S. NASA -
First photograph of the whole solar system
First photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA -
First polar orbit around the Sun
First polar orbit around the Sun by U.S. NASA and the ESA -
Longest duration in orbit of Earth by Russia
Longest duration in the orbit of earth by Valeri Polyakov (437.7 days) from Russia -
First orbit of an Asteriod
First orbit of an asteroid by U.S. NASA -
First landing on an Asteriod
First landing on an asteroid by U.S. NASA -
First space telescope launched
Kepler Mission launched first space telescope designated for research of Earth's expoplanets by USA -
First sample of an Asteriod brought back to earth
First sample of an asteroid brought back to earth by Japan -
NASA rover lands on Mars
NASA rover successfully lands on mars to seek out life-clues by U.S. NASA
