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Chuck Yaeger pilots X-1 rocket plane, breaks sound barrier.
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Manned Space Exploration Timeline
In 1801, Guiseppe Piazzi dicovered Ceres, the first known asteroid. -
U.S.S.R launches Sputnik 2, carrying a dog named Laika.
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Uri Gagarin becomes first human to orbit Earth.
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Allan Shepard becomes first American in space, completes 15-minute suborbital hop.
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U.S. President J.F. Kennedy announces project to land human on Moon within decade.
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John Glenn becomes first American in orbit.
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Apollo11 astronauts land on the moon.
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Japan launches first spacecraft, using Lambda 4S rocket.
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U.S. launches Skylab spacestation. Astronauts soon follow.
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First flight off the Space Shuttle.
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U.S. loses Space shuttle Challenger with all its crew,exploding shortly after launch from Cape Canaveral.
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Space shuttle Columbia disintegrates above Texas, during re-entry.