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History of Spaceships
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Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 was the first satellite successfully launched into orbit around earth -
NASA founded
In 1958 NASA was founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower -
Luna 2
First landing of a human-made spacecraft. -
First data recorded from another planet
On December 14, 1962 we recorded the first data of another planet from Mars -
Death
1967 marked the first human casualty in space -
Apollo 11 launch
Apollo 11 was the first spaceship to make a soft landing on the moon -
Jupiter
First aircraft to fly by Jupiter -
First Safe land on a comet
the Philae lander accomplished the first soft landing of a human-made spacecraft on the surface of a comet—a never done before feat, and one that was considered very ambitious and risky at the time.