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Explorer I
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1st Man on the Moon
Man first walked on the moon on July 20, 1069. Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the moon. -
Skylab - 1st Space Station Launched
Skylab was the first US space station. It was launched on May 14th, 1973 by a Saturn V Rocket.
Skylab Space Station was assembled usingSaturn V and Apollo components.
Skylab's purpose served as a laborarory for scientific experiments in space until February 1974.
July 11, 1979, Skylab re-entered the Earth's atmoshpere and scattered debris over the Indian Ocean and the sparsely settled region of Western Australia. Most of Skylab burned up while re-entering Earth's atmosphere. -
Pathfinder lands on Mars
The Mars Pathfinder landed the first roving probe deployed on another planet. It consisted of a lander and wheeled robotic rover named Sojourner. -
1st Space Shuttle Launch
Columbia launched on April 12, 1981 It was the 20th anniversary of the first human spaceflight . It returned on April 14, 1981, after orbiting the Earth 36 times,. Columbia landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Columbia then went on three more research missions to test technical characteristics and performance. The first operational mission was STS-5. It launched on November 11, 1982 with a four man crew. -
1st Piece of the International Space Station is Launched
Construction of the international space station began in 1998 and is scheduled to becompleted by late 2011.
The station is expected to remain operation until at 2015 and likely until 2020. -
Last Space Shuttle Launch
Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off on the final Space Shuttle mission on February 24, 2011. It will deliver the final module to the International Space Station.
