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On __October 4, 19____57__, Sputnik I was launched by the Soviet Union. This event triggered the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Explorer I was launched by the United States. This artificial satellite was launched in __January of 1958__.

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is created on __October 1, 19____58__. This organization was created to manage the civilian space program.

__July 20, 19____69__, the //Apllo 11// mission allowed the first humans to walk on the moon. Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin made history by saying his famous phrase, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

The first space station, //Skylab//, was launched by the United States in __1973__.

On __April 12, 1982__, the first manned, reusable spaceshuttle, left the Kennedy Space Center.

NASA launches the Hubble Space Telescope, in 1990, an initiative that has proved fruitful in determining such things as Hubble's constant, the rate at which the universe is expanding.

A craft, The November 7, 1996 The //Mars Global Surveyor// is launched. The craft enters Martian orbit in 1998, where it has been mapping the planet ever since.

The //Discovery// becomes the first shuttle to dock with the (International Space Station) when it delivers parts and supplies to the space station May of 1999.