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21 Jul
1969: Man takes first steps on the Moon
28 Jan
1986: Seven dead in space shuttle disaster
01 Jul
2004: Cassini captures Saturn's rings
09 Dec
1993: Astronauts put Hubble back in action
Space
04 Oct
1957: Sputnik satellite blasts into space
03 Nov
1957: Russians launch dog into space
13 Dec
1958: Monkey lost after space flight
28 May
1959: Monkeys survive space mission
12 Sep
1959: Soviets launch rocket at the Moon
26 Oct
1959: World glimpses far side of the Moon
14 Mar
1960: Radio telescope makes space history
31 Jan
1961: Chimp returns safely after space flight
12 Apr
1961: Soviets win space race
05 May
1961: Shepard becomes first US astronaut
25 May
1961: Kennedy pledges man on Moon
06 Aug
1961: Russian cosmonaut spends day in space
20 Feb
1962: US spaceman orbits Earth
26 Apr
1962: First US rocket lands on Moon
14 Dec
1962: 'Music of spheres' hails Venus fly-by
16 Jun
1963: Soviets launch first woman into space
24 Mar
1965: Millions watch space probe crash into Moon
29 Aug
1965: Gemini V returns to Earth
03 Feb
1966: Soviets land probe on Moon
02 Jun
1966: First US space probe lands on Moon
27 Jan
1967: Three astronauts die in Apollo 1 tragedy
24 Apr
1967: Russian cosmonaut dies in space crash
05 May
1967: First all-British satellite 'Ariel 3' launched
18 Oct
1967: Soviets glimpse beneath clouds of Venus
19 Oct
1967: US probe flies by hot and windy Venus
24 Dec
1968: First astronauts orbit Moon
22 May
1969: Apollo 10 gets bird's eye view of Moon
16 Jul
1969: Apollo 11 takes off for the Moon
19 Nov
1969: Second Apollo mission lands on Moon
14 Apr
1970: Critical explosion cripples Apollo 13
20 Sep
1970: Soviet probe collects moon rock
06 Feb
1971: Man plays golf on the Moon
30 Jun
1971: Space mission ends in tragedy
01 Aug
1971: Apollo 15 finds rock from birth of Moon
13 Nov
1971: American probe orbits Mars
20 Apr
1972: Apollo 16 safely on Moon after engine crisis
14 Dec
1972: Last Moon mission returns
08 Feb
1974: Americans end outer space marathon
20 Jul
1976: Pictures of Mars from Viking ship
11 Jul
1979: Skylab tumbles back to Earth
24 Dec
1979: Europe launches first rocket
12 Nov
1980: Saturn's rings caught on film
24 Jun
1983: US astronaut Sally Ride returns
20 Feb
1986: Soviets launch space station Mir
29 Sep
1988: Shuttle blasts US back into space
25 Aug
1989: Voyager spacecraft reaches Neptune
24 Apr
1990: Hubble telescope takes off for space
10 Aug
1990: Magellan starts mapping Venus
18 May
1991: Sharman becomes first Briton in space
09 Feb
1995: Space pioneers take first small steps
29 Jun
1995: US shuttle docks with Russian space station
06 Apr
1997: Fault cuts short space shuttle mission
06 Jul
1997: Mars buggy starts exploring Red Planet
07 Nov
1998: Oldest astronaut back on Earth
28 Apr
2001: First space tourist blasts off
01 Feb
2003: Columbia shuttle disintegrates killing seven
15 Oct
2003: China sends first man into space
25 Dec
2003: Mars space probe disappears
25 Jan
2004: Nasa rover looks for water on Mars
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