Space exploration

Space exploration

Timeline

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The first man to walk on the moon was Neil Armstrong in 1969 on NASA's Apollo 11 mission.

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In 2015, first spacecraft to fly by Pluto: New Horizons.

In 1971 first space station launched: Salyut 1.

The first satellite was called Sputnik I and was launched by Soviet Union in 1957.

Valentina Teheshkova became the first woman to travel to space in 1963.

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In 2011, first Sapacecraft to fly orbit Mercury.

In 1995 first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter: Galileo.

In 1989, first spacecraft to fly by Neptune: Voyager 2.

In 1971 first space station launched: Salyut 1.

The Hubble is the first space telescope placed into orbitin 1990, at 340 miles from Earth

Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union was the first person to travel around the Earth in 1961.

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IN 1976, US spacecraft Viking 1 becomes the first to land on Mars and send back images of the Red Planet.