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rocket to reach space,germany,a-4,1942

icbm,su,r7,1957
satellite,su,sputnik 1,1957
animal in space,su,sputnik 2,1957
object to escape earth + first object to near the moon,su,luna 1,1959
crash-landing on moon,su,luna 2,1959
to return animals alive,su,sputnik 5,1960
man to space,su,vostok 1,1961
eva,su,voshkod 2,1965
soft-landing on moon,su,luna 9,1966
to orbit moon,su,luna 10,1966
human orbiting of moon,usa,apollo 8,1968
man on moon,usa,apollo 11,1969
space station,su,salyut 1,1971
object to escape sun,usa,pioneer 10,1972

first space shuttle,usa,columbia,1981

first long-term space station,su,mir,1986
first wide multi-nation effort,many,iss,2000