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First American to Orbit Earth
Date: February 20, 1962 Significance: John Glenn orbited the Earth aboard Friendship 7.
First Sample-Return Mission from an Asteroid
Date: December 6, 2020 Significance: Japan's Hayabusa2 mission returns samples from the asteroid Ryugu to Earth.
First Commercial Crew to ISS
Date: May 30, 2020 Significance: SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission, first private company to send astronauts to ISS.
First Space Station
Date: April 19, 1971 Significance: The Salyut 1 space station was launched by the Soviet Union.
First Untethered Spacewalk
Date: February 7, 1984 Significance: Bruce McCandless II used Manned Maneuvering Unit outside Space Shuttle Challenger.
First Interplanetary Helicopter
Date: April 19, 2021 Significance: NASA's Ingenuity helicopter makes its first flight on Mars, marking a new type of planetary exploration.
First Operational Space Shuttle
Date: April 12, 1981 Significance: STS-1, Space Shuttle Columbia's first mission, showcased the reusable spaceplane.
First Human in Space
Date: April 12, 1961 Significance: Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth aboard Vostok 1.
First Soft Landing on Far Side of the Moon
Date: January 3, 2019 Significance: China's Chang'e 4 mission makes the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon.
First Space Hotel Module Launch
Date: February 12, 2021 Significance: Russia's Nauka module, also a space hotel, is added to the ISS.
First Woman in Space
Date: June 16, 1963 Significance: Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to fly in space aboard Vostok 6.
First Moon Landing
Date: July 20, 1969 Significance: Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon.
First Spacecraft to Leave Solar System
Date: August 25, 2012 Significance: Voyager 1 became the first human-made object to enter interstellar space.
First Image of a Black Hole
Date: April 10, 2019 Significance: Event Horizon Telescope captured the first image of a supermassive black hole in M87 galaxy.
First All-Civilian Orbital Spaceflight
Date: September 15, 2021 Significance: SpaceX's Inspiration4, the first orbital spaceflight with only private citizens aboard.
First Spacewalk
Date: March 18, 1965 Significance: Alexei Leonov conducted the first spacewalk during Voskhod 2 mission.
First Rover on Mars
Date: July 4, 1997 Significance: Mars Pathfinder mission delivered Sojourner, the first rover to operate on Mars.
First Private Spacecraft to Reach Orbit
Date: September 28, 2008 Significance: SpaceX's Falcon 1 became the first privately developed liquid-fueled rocket to orbit Earth.
First Artificial Satellite
Date: October 4, 1957 Significance: Sputnik 1 launched by the Soviet Union, initiating the space age.
First Reusable Rocket Booster
Date: December 21, 2015 Significance: SpaceX's Falcon 9 executes the first successful vertical landing of an orbital rocket booster.
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