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1609 to 1958
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1610- Galileo first saw the moon through a telescope
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1926- Robert Goddard launched first liquid fueled rocket
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1931-German military created liquid fueled rockets
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1947-The US launched the first animals into space which were fruit flies
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1957- USSR launched the first animal into orbit, a dog named Laika
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1959 to 1980
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1959-First photograph of the earth from orbit NASA
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1960-First plants and animals return to earth safely from orbit
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1963-First women put in space by USSR
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1969-First human on the moon by the U.S.
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1971-First space station put in space by USSR
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1981 to Present Day
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1981-First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S.
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1990-First photograph of the entire solar system by NASA
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1990- Hubble was launched by NASA
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1992-First polar orbit around the Sun by NASA and the ESA
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2001-First landing on an asteroid by NASA