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Rockets, the Moon, and the long dream of leaving the ground.
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Alcock & Brown Cross the Atlantic
The first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, 1919.
Apollo 11 Lifts Off for the Moon
July 16, 1969, the day Earth reached for the Moon.
Apollo 11 Splashes Down Safely
July 24, 1969, Columbia returns three astronauts home from the Moon.
Atlantis Meets Mir
June 29, 1995, the day a shuttle shook hands in orbit.
Louis Blériot Flies the English Channel
The daring 1909 flight that crossed 22 miles of open sea.
NASA Is Born
July 29, 1958, Eisenhower signs NASA into existence.
New Horizons Reaches Pluto
The day humanity's eyes first fell on distant Pluto.
Pioneer 10 Leaves the Solar System
The first man-made craft to venture beyond all known planets.
Skylab Splashes Down
America's first space station falls back to Earth, July 1979.
SpaceShipOne Touches the Edge of Space
The first private craft to reach space, June 21, 2004.
Valentina Tereshkova Reaches Orbit
June 16, 1963, the first woman launched into space.
Viking 1 Touches Down on Mars
July 20, 1976, the first spacecraft to land on Mars.
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