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All Space Missions

  (1967)

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(AS-204). Planned as a low-orbit mission February 21, 1967, but a cabin fire in a rehearsal test on January 27 killed the three astronauts.

  (1969)

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Dress rehearsal for first lunar landing; flew LM down to 50,000 feet (15 km) from lunar surface.

  (1969)

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First manned landing, in Sea of Tranquility.

  (1969)

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Second landing, in Ocean of Storms near Surveyor 3.

  (1970)

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Third landing attempt aborted near the Moon, due to SM failure. Crew used LM as "life boat" to return to Earth.

  (1971)

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Third moon landing, in Fra Mauro.

  (1971)

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First Extended LM and LRV rover, landed in Hadley-Apennine.

  (1972)

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Landed in Plain of Descartes.

  (1972)

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Only Saturn V night launch. Landed in Taurus-Littrow. First geologist on the Moon. Final manned Moon landing.

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(abandoned) Originally planned to land in Schroter's Valley, a river-like channel.

  (1968)

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First manned Earth orbital demonstration of Block II CSM, launched on Saturn IB. First live television publicly broadcast from a manned mission.

  (1968)

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First manned flight to Moon; CSM made 10 lunar orbits in 20 hours.

  (1969)

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First manned flight of CSM and LM in Earth orbit; demonstrated Portable Life Support System to be used on the lunar surface.

  (2015)

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Expedition 46/47 was from 15 December 2015 to 18 June 2016, on Soyuz TMA-19M

  (2016)

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Install the new International Docking Adapter

  (1966)

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First use of the Agena Target Vehicle's propulsion systems. The spacecraft also rendezvoused with the Agena Target Vehicle from Gemini 8. Collins had 49 minutes of EVA standing in the hatch and 39 minutes of EVA to retrieve experiments from the Agena. 43 orbits completed.

  (1966)

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Gemini record altitude with apogee of 739.2 nautical miles reached using the Agena Target Vehicle propulsion system after first orbit rendezvous and docking. Gordon made a 33-minute EVA and two-hour standup EVA. 44 orbits.

  (1966)

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Final Gemini flight. Rendezvoused and docked manually with its target Agena and kept station with it during EVA. Aldrin set an EVA record of 5 hours and 30 minutes for one space walk and two stand-up exercises, and demonstrated solutions to previous EVA problems. 59 orbits completed

  (1965)

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First manned Gemini flight, three orbits.

  (1965)

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Included first extravehicular activity (EVA) by an American. White's "space walk" was a 22-minute EVA exercise.

  (1965)

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First week-long flight. First use of fuel cells for electrical power. Evaluated guidance and navigation system for future rendezvous missions. Completed 120 orbits.

  (1965)

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First space rendezvous accomplished with Gemini 7, station-keeping for over five hours at distances from 1 to 300 ft.

  (1965)

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When the original Gemini 6 mission was scrubbed because its Agena target for rendezvous and docking failed, Gemini 7 was used for the rendezvous instead. Primary objective was to determine whether humans could live in space for 14 days.

  (1966)

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Accomplished first docking with another space vehicle, an unmanned Agena Target Vehicle. While docked, a Gemini spacecraft thruster malfunction caused near-fatal tumbling of the craft, which, after undocking, Armstrong was able to overcome; the crew effected the first emergency landing of a manned U.S. space mission.

  (1966)

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Rescheduled from May to rendezvous and dock with an Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA) after the original Agena Target Vehicle failed to orbit. The ATDA shroud did not completely separate, making docking impossible. Three different types of rendezvous, two hours of EVA, and 44 orbits were completed.

  (1962)

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Call sign: Friendship 7. 3 orbits. First American in orbit. Retropack retained during re-entry Recovered by destroyer USS Noa.

  (1962)

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Call sign: Aurora 7. 3 orbits. Carpenter replaced Deke Slayton. Recovered by destroyer USS Farragut.

  (1962)

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Call sign: Sigma 7. 6 orbits. The flight closest to plan. Carried out maneuvering tests. Recovered by carrier USS Kearsarge.

  (1963)

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Call sign: Faith 7. 22 orbits. First American in space for over a day. Last American solo mission. Recovered by USS Kearsarge.

  (1961)

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Call sign: Freedom 7. Suborbital test. First American in space. Recovered by carrier USS Lake Champlain.

  (1961)

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Call sign: Liberty Bell 7. Suborbital test. Spacecraft sank during recovery when hatch unexpectedly blew off. Recovered by carrier USS Randolph.

  (1967)

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April 23. The first crewed flight of the Soyuz spacecraft. Pilot Komarov was killed when the parachute failed to open on return after 18 orbits on April 24.

  (1971)

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The only manned mission to board the world's first space station, Salyut 1. Arrived at the Salyut 1 station on 7 June 1971 and departed on 29 June. The capsule lost cabin pressure reentering, killing all 3 cosmonauts.

  (1992)

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January 22. The IML-1 module, aboard Discovery on mission STS-42.

  (1983)

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Shuttle mission STS-9 on Columbia.

  (1985)

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July 29. Aboard Challenger on mission STS-51-F.

  (1985)

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April 29. Aboard shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51B. Objective was to provide a high quality microgravity environment for delicate materials processing and fluid experiments.

  (1985)

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October 30 - November 6. Shuttle mission STS-61-A, funded and directed by West Germany. 3 payload specialists, 2 Germans, one Dutch.

  (1993)

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Shuttle mission STS-55, aboard Columbia. German astronauts Ulrich Walter and Hans Schlegel.

  (1992)

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Launched in shuttle mission STS-47 aboard Endeavour. A mission for the Japanese Space Agency.

  (1981)

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April 12. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 2d 6h

  (2001)

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April 19. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 11d 21h

  (2000)

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May 19. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 9d 21h

  (2001)

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March 8. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 12d 19h

  (1999)

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December 19. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 7d 23h

  (2001)

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July 12. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 12d 18h

  (2001)

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August 10. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 11d 21h

  (2000)

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September 8. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 11d 19h

  (2003)

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January 16. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 15d 22h. Destroyed February 1 on re-entry, killing all 7 astronauts. The cause was a breach on the left wing at take-off.

  (2001)

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December 5. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 11d 19h

  (2002)

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March 1. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 10d 22h

  (2002)

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April 8. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 10d 19h

  (2002)

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June 5. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 13d 20h

  (2002)

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October 7. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 10d 19h

  (2002)

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November 23. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 13d 18h

  (2005)

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July 26. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 13d 21h

  (2006)

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September 9. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 11d 19h 6m 35s

  (2006)

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December 9. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 12d 20h 45m 16s

  (2007)

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June 8. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 13d 20h 12m 44s

  (2007)

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August 8. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 12d 17h 55m 34s

  (2009)

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March 15. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 12d 19h 31m 1s

  (2007)

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October 23. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 15d 2h 23m 55s

  (2006)

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July 4. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 12d 18h 36m 48s

  (2008)

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February 7. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 12d 18h 21m 50s

  (2008)

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March 11. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 15d 18h 12m 27s

  (2008)

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May 31. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 13d 18h 14m 7s

  (2009)

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May 11. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 12d 21h 38m 19s

  (2008)

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November 14. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 15d 20h 30m 34s

  (2009)

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July 15. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 15d 16h 44m 58s

  (2009)

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August 28. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 13d 20h 54m 55s

  (2009)

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November 16. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 10d 19h 16m 13s

  (2010)

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February 8. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 13d 18h 8m 3s

  (2010)

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April 5. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 15d 2h 47m 11s

  (2010)

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May 14. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 11d 18h 29m

  (2011)

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February 24. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 12d 19h 4m 50s

  (2011)

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May 16. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 15d 17h 38m 51s

  (2011)

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July 8. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration 12d 18h 28m 50s

  (1981)

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November 12. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 2d 6h

  (1988)

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September 29. Duration: Discovery. Duration: 4d 1h

  (1988)

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December 2. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 4d 9h

  (1989)

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August 8. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 5d 1h

  (1989)

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March 13. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 4d 23h

  (1982)

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March 22. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 8d 0h

  (1989)

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May 4. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 4d 0h

  (1990)

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April 24. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 5d 1h

  (1990)

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January 9. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 10d 21h

  (1989)

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November 22. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 5d 0h

  (1989)

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October 18. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 4d 23h

  (1990)

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December 2. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 8d 23h

  (1990)

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February 28. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 4d 10h

  (1991)

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April 5. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 5d 23h

  (1990)

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November 15. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 4d 21h

  (1991)

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April 28. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 8d 7h

  (1982)

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June 27. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 7d 1h

  (1991)

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June 5. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 9d 2h

  (1990)

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October 6. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 4d 2h

  (1984)

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February 3. Shuttle Challenger. Duration: 7d 23h

  (1984)

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April 6. Shuttle Challenger. Duration: 6d 23h

  (1984)

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August 30. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 6d 0h

  (1984)

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October 5. Shuttle Challenger. Duration: 8d 5h

  (1992)

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January 22. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 8d 1h

  (1991)

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August 2. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 8d 21h

  (1991)

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November 24. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 6d 22h

  (1992)

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March 24. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 8d 22h

  (1992)

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July 31. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 7d 23h

  (1992)

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September 12. Duration: Endeavour. Duration: 7d 22h

  (1991)

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September 12. Duration: Discovery. Duration: 5d 8h

  (1992)

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May 7. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 8d 21h

  (1982)

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November 11. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 5d 2h

  (1992)

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June 25. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 13d 19h

  (1993)

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September 12. Duration: Discovery. Duration: 9d 20h

  (1984)

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November 8. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 7d 23h

  (1985)

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April 29. Shuttle Challenger. Duration: 7d 0h

  (1985)

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January 24. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 3d 1h

  (1985)

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April 12. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 6d 23h

  (1985)

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July 29. Shuttle Challenger. Duration: 7d 22h

  (1985)

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June 17. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 7d 1h

  (1985)

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August 27. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 7d 2h

  (1985)

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October 3. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 4d 1h

  (1986)

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January 28. Shuttle Challenger. Duration: 73s. Exploded shortly after takeoff killing all 7 astronauts.

  (1992)

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October 22. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 9d 20h

  (1992)

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December 2. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 7d 7h

  (1993)

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January 13. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 5d 23h

  (1993)

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April 26. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 9d 23h

  (1993)

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April 8. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 9d 6h

  (1993)

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June 21. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 9d 23h

  (1993)

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October 18. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 14d 0h

  (1994)

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April 9. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 11d 5h

  (1983)

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April 4. Shuttle Challenger. Duration: 5d 0h

  (1994)

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February 3. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 7d 6h

  (1993)

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December 2. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 10d 19h

  (1985)

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October 30. Shuttle Challenger. Duration: 7d 0h

  (1985)

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November 26. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 6d 21h

  (1986)

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January 12. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 6d 2h

  (1994)

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March 4. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 13d 23h

  (1995)

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February 3. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 8d 6h

  (1994)

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September 9. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 10d 22h

  (1994)

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July 8. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 14d 17h

  (1994)

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November 3. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 10d 22h

  (1995)

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March 2. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 16d 15h

  (1994)

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September 30. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 11d 5h

  (1995)

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September 7. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 10d 20h

  (1983)

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June 18. Shuttle Challenger. Duration: 6d 2h

  (1995)

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July 13. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 8d 22h

  (1995)

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June 27. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 9d 19h

  (1996)

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January 11. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 8d 22h

  (1995)

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October 20. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 15d 21h

  (1995)

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November 12. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 8d 4h

  (1996)

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February 22. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 15d 17h

  (1996)

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March 22. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 9d 5h

  (1996)

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May 19. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 10d 0h

  (1996)

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June 20. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 16d 21h

  (1996)

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September 16. Duration: Atlantis. Duration: 10d 3h

  (1983)

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August 30. Shuttle Challenger. Duration: 6d 1h

  (1996)

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November 19. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 17d 15h

  (1997)

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January 12. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 10d 4h

  (1997)

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February 11. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 9d 23h

  (1997)

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April 4. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 3d 23h

  (1997)

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May 15. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 9d 5h

  (1997)

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August 7. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 11d 20h

  (1997)

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September 25. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 10d 19h

  (1997)

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November 19. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 15d 16h

  (1998)

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December 4. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 11d 19h

  (1998)

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January 22. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 8d 19h

  (1983)

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November 28. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 10d 7h

  (1998)

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April 17. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 15d 21h

  (1998)

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June 2. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 9d 19h

  (2000)

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October 11. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 12d 21h

  (1999)

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July 23. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 4d 22h

  (1997)

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July 1. Shuttle Columbia. Duration: 15d 16h

  (1998)

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October 29. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 8d 21h

  (1999)

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May 27. Shuttle Discovery. Duration: 9d 19h

  (2000)

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November 30. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 10d 19h

  (2001)

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February 7. Shuttle Atlantis. Duration: 12d 21h

  (2000)

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February 11. Shuttle Endeavour. Duration: 11d 5h

  (1964)

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October 12-13. First multi-person spacecraft.

  (1965)

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March 18-19. First spacewalk.

  (1961)

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April 12. 1 hour 48 minutes. One orbit. First man in space. First manned orbit.

  (1961)

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August 6-7. 17 orbits. First full day in space.

  (1962)

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August 11-15. First simultaneous flight of two manned spacecraft.

  (1962)

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August 12-15. First simultaneous flight of two manned spacecraft.

  (1963)

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June 14-19. Longest solo orbital flight.

  (1963)

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June 16-19. First woman in space.

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Multiple flights by a rocket-powered aircraft. Some qualified by the US Air Force for an Astronaut Medal, exceeding 50 miles altitude.