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Environmental Impacts of the Space Race
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Launch of Sputnik (1957)
Stratospheric ozone depletion due to rocket emissions
Space Shuttle Program Starts (1981)
Depletion of the ozone layer by solid rocket boosters
Falcon 9 Reusable Rockets (2015)
Reduced environmental impact through reusability
Martian Sample-Return Missions (Planned)
Risk of backward contamination to Earth's environment
Mars Rovers - Spirit and Opportunity (2004)
Potential contamination of Mars with Earth's microbes
First Image of a Black Hole (2019)
Energy consumption and carbon footprint of supercomputer data processing
Artemis Program to Return Humans to the Moon (2020s)
Enhanced scrutiny on environmental impacts of lunar exploration
International Space Station Construction Begins (1998)
Space debris generation increasing risk of Kessler Syndrome
First Human on Moon - Apollo 11 (1969)
Ejecta from lunar landings leading to surface darkening
China's First Spacewalk (2008)
Hydrazine fuel impacts on Earth's atmosphere
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