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First Artificial Satellite
Date: October 4, 1957, Spacecraft: Sputnik 1, Impact: Initiated the Space Age and spurred the USA to increase space research.
First Animal in Orbit
Date: November 3, 1957, Spacecraft: Sputnik 2, Impact: Demonstrated the possibility of living beings surviving in space.
First Human in Space
Date: April 12, 1961, Spacecraft: Vostok 1, Impact: Marked the era of human space exploration.
First American in Space
Date: May 5, 1961, Spacecraft: Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7), Impact: America's first step in the Space Race.
First Woman in Space
Date: June 16, 1963, Spacecraft: Vostok 6, Impact: Illustrated that women could also be astronauts and partake in space missions.
First Spacewalk
Date: March 18, 1965, Spacecraft: Voskhod 2, Impact: Showed that astronauts could survive and work outside a spacecraft.
First Moon Landing
Date: July 20, 1969, Spacecraft: Apollo 11, Impact: Major milestone in the Space Race, demonstrating the feasibility of lunar landings.
First Space Station
Date: April 19, 1971, Spacecraft: Salyut 1, Impact: Initiated the era of long-duration space habitation.
First Mars Rover
Date: July 4, 1997, Spacecraft: Mars Pathfinder (Sojourner Rover), Impact: Beginning of the robotic exploration of Mars.
First International Space Station Component Launch
Date: November 20, 1998, Spacecraft: Zarya module, Impact: Start of the largest international space cooperation project.
First Space Tourist
Date: April 28, 2001, Spacecraft: Soyuz TM-32, Impact: Opened a new era of space tourism and commercial spaceflight opportunities.
First Private Spacecraft to Reach Orbit
Date: September 28, 2008, Spacecraft: SpaceX's Falcon 1, Impact: Demonstrated the potential of private companies in space exploration.
Curiosity Rover's Mars Landing
Date: August 6, 2012, Spacecraft: Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity Rover), Impact: Advanced our knowledge of Mars with extensive scientific studies.
First Reusable Rocket Landing
Date: December 21, 2015, Spacecraft: SpaceX's Falcon 9, Impact: Marked a significant step towards reducing space travel costs with reusable rockets.
First Image of a Black Hole
Date: April 10, 2019, Spacecraft: Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), Impact: Provided the first visual evidence of a black hole’s existence.
Chang’e-4 Moon Landing
Date: January 3, 2019, Spacecraft: Chang’e-4, Impact: First spacecraft to land on the far side of the Moon.
First All-Female Spacewalk
Date: October 18, 2019, Spacecraft: International Space Station, Impact: Symbolized the progress in gender equality in space exploration.
Artemis I Mission Launch
Date: November 2022, Spacecraft: Space Launch System and Orion capsule (Uncrewed), Impact: Preparation for crewed missions to the Moon and ultimately Mars.
First Crewed SpaceX Mission
Date: May 30, 2020, Spacecraft: SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2, Impact: Restored America's capability to launch astronauts from its soil.
First Controlled Flight on Another Planet
Date: April 19, 2021, Spacecraft: Mars Helicopter Ingenuity, Impact: Demonstrated powered, controlled flight in the extremely thin atmosphere of Mars.
New Horizons Pluto Flyby
Date: July 14, 2015, Spacecraft: New Horizons, Impact: First mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, revolutionizing our understanding of these distant bodies.
Parker Solar Probe Launch
Date: August 12, 2018, Spacecraft: Parker Solar Probe, Impact: Closest approach to the Sun, providing unprecedented data on solar atmosphere and wind.
OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return
Date: October 20, 2020, Spacecraft: OSIRIS-REx, Impact: Collected samples from asteroid Bennu to improve our understanding of the early solar system.
First Detected Interstellar Object
Date: October 19, 2017, Spacecraft: Various Observatories, Impact: Discovery of 'Oumuamua provided the first evidence of an interstellar object passing through our solar system.
Galileo Jupiter Mission
Date: December 7, 1995, Spacecraft: Galileo, Impact: Increased knowledge of Jupiter and its moons, including the discovery of subsurface oceans.
Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn
Date: July 1, 2004, Spacecraft: Cassini-Huygens, Impact: In-depth exploration of Saturn, its rings, and moons, including Titan and Enceladus.
Venus Express Orbit Insertion
Date: April 11, 2006, Spacecraft: Venus Express, Impact: Studied Venus' atmosphere, weather patterns, and surface for eight years.
Hubble Space Telescope Launch
Date: April 24, 1990, Spacecraft: Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Impact: Transformed our knowledge of the universe, enabling discoveries across multiple fields of astronomy.
Chandra X-ray Observatory Launch
Date: July 23, 1999, Spacecraft: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Impact: Enabled high-resolution X-ray imaging of various astronomical phenomena.
First Interplanetary CubeSat
Date: May 5, 2018, Spacecraft: MarCO CubeSats (MarCO-A and MarCO-B), Impact: Tested feasibility of CubeSats for future deep space missions.
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