10 Interesting Fact About The history of space travel
10 Interesting Fact About The history of space travel
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Yuri Gagarin, a cosmonaut from the Soviet Union, became the first person to reach the Earth's orbit in 1961.
In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to run on the moon.
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) was founded in 1958 in response to Sputnik 1, a satellite made by the Soviet Union launched in 1957.
Apollo 13 is a mission to a month that is almost a failure, but managed to return to earth safely in 1970.
Challenger's shuttle had an accident in 1986, killing the entire crew in it.
Hubble satellites were launched in 1990 and provide spectacular space images.
In 2001, Dennis Tito became the first space tourist to pay to visit the International Space Station.
China became the third country that succeeded in sending people into space in 2003.
Mars Rover, a robot sent to Mars to explore, was first launched in 1996.
In 2012, Felix Baumgartner made a free leap from a height of 39 kilometers above the surface of the earth, becoming the first person to successfully make a free jump from outer space.
