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Explorer 1 probe
Explorer 1 was the first electronic device send by USA to the orbit. It was launched od 1 February 1958, 5 months after Russian Sputnik 1 mission. On the photo, the final preparations of the probe.
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Mercury 3 launch
The launch of Mercury 3 (Freedom 7) on 5 May 1961, with the first American to travel to the space, Alan B. Shepard. However, it was a suborbital flight. The first orbital was made by Mercury 6 with John Glenn abroad.
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Mariner 4 probe
The first probe in the history that send back to Earth direct photos of another planet (in this case: Mars).
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The first step
This is how it all started. The historic first step of a human on the surface of another celestial body filmed by an automated camera of Apollo 11.
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Apollo 11
The lunar module of Apollo 11 on the Moon.
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Apollo 17
The lunar vehicle used during the Apollo 17 mission. It has been the last human landing on the Moon so far.
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Viking 2 probe
In the mid seventies, there landed two twin probes on Mars called "Vikings". They performed there several automated experiments that spreaded our knowledge about this planet.
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Voyager 1 probe
The Voyager 1 probe was launched in 1979. It flew near Jupiter and Saturn. Currently this is the farthest from Earth, still working device sent from our planet.
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Voyager 2 probe
Voyager 2 photographed all the four gas giants and discovered a lot of new moons. Currently, it is 79 A.U. from Earth.
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The start of Columbia
The first in the history start of a space shuttle in 1981. In the photo we see Columbia space shuttle, disintegrated in 2003 during the return to Earth.
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