Timeline
1910-1930's
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Robert Goddard -- Developed Liquid Propelled Rockets that were far more advanced than
those of their time. These rockets were later used to launch humans into space.
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Werhner Von Braun -- Developed V-2 Rocket for Germany and later shared secrets with
the U.S. after escaping from Germany.
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1940's
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1957
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Sputnik 1 -- (Soviet Union) First artificial satellite of the Earth.
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Sputnik 2 -- (Soviet Union) First animal in space.
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1957
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1958
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Mercury -- (U.S.) Mercury Project Started by NASA.
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin -- (Russia) First human being into space.
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1961
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1961
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Apollo -- The Apollo Project was unveiled by John F. Kennedy
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Gemini -- (U.S.) Gemini Project Started by NASA.
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1962
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1963
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Valentina Vladmirovna Tereshkova -- (Russia) First woman into space.
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Voskhod 1 -- (Soviet Union) First multiperson space mission.
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1964
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1967
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Apollo 1 -- (U.S.) The crew of Apollo 1 were killed in a fire while testing their
capsule.
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Apollo 8 -- (U.S.) First space craft to orbit the moon.
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1968
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1969
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Apollo 11 -- (U.S.) First human to land on the moon.
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Apollo 17 -- (U.S.) Last humans to land on the moon.
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1972
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1981

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Space Transportation System Implemented -- (U.S.) First manned reusable spacecraft
(STS-1) Columbia SpaceShuttle.
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Challenger -- (U.S.) The space shuttle Challenger exploded 72 seconds after launch.
The explosion was blamed on a faulty O-Ring on the right booster.
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1986
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1986
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Mir -- (Soviet Union) First space station inhabited by rotating crews.
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Voyager 2 -- (United States) First flyby of Neptune.
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1989
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1990
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Hubble Telescope -- Launched to take long range pictures without the interference of
the atmosphere.
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Mars Global Surveyor -- NASA launched the MGS to study Mars' surface features,
atmosphere, and magnetic properties.
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1996
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1998
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International Space Station -- First sections of Space Station assembled.
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Discovery Space Station Assembly Flight 2A.1 -- Projected to launch May 20 with first
visitors to the International Space Station.
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1999
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1999
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Galileo -- Galileo will begin its Europa Mission studying the atmosphere and surface of the planet.
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Stardust -- The stardust probe will intercept the comet Wild-2 and collect particles
from the comets tail. Two years later it will return those samples back to Earth for
scientific analysis.
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2004
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Randall Gordon, Eric Mackie, J.D. Scott, Marrisa Dietz
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