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Spaceships

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  • Sputnik 1 (USSR)

    Sputnik 1 (USSR)

    First artificial satellite to orbit Earth.
  • Luna 2 (USSR)

    Luna 2 (USSR)

    First spacecraft to reach the Moon.
  • Vostok 1 (USSR)

    Vostok 1 (USSR)

  • Voskhod 2 (USSR)

    Voskhod 2 (USSR)

    Aleksey Leonov performs the first spacewalk.
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    USA's Apollo 11 lands on the Moon; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the lunar surface.
  • USSR launches Salyut 1

    USSR launches Salyut 1

    The first space station.
  • Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

    Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

    First joint U.S.-Soviet space mission
  • International Space Station (ISS)

    International Space Station (ISS)

    Construction begins on the first permanent, multinational space laboratory.
  • Space Shuttle Discovery

    Space Shuttle Discovery

    Space Shuttle Discovery docks with the International Space Station (ISS).
  • Huygens Probe (ESA/NASA)

    Huygens Probe (ESA/NASA)

    First landing on Saturn’s moon Titan.
  • New Horizons (USA)

    New Horizons (USA)

    First close flyby and detailed study of Pluto.
  • Falcon 9

    Falcon 9

    SpaceX achieves the first successful vertical landing of a reusable rocket booster.