1995 ⟶ American Astronaut Launches Aboard Russian Soyuz
March 14: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first America...
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🚀 Apollo 11 Moon Landing: Armstrong and Aldrin Walk on the Moon
July 20: Apollo 11 Moon landing, in which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first two humans on the Moon.⟶
Space ExplorationCold WarSpace RaceNASAAstronautsLunar Exploration
United States🔭 Hubble Space Telescope Launched
April 24 – May 20: Launch of the Hubble Space Telescope.⟶
Space ExplorationAstronomyTelescopesNASAAstrophysicsCosmologySpace Race
United States🚀 American Astronaut Launches Aboard Russian Soyuz
March 14: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American to ride into space aboard a Russian launch vehicle (the Soyuz TM-21), lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.⟶
Space ExplorationAstronautsInternational CooperationCold War LegacyNASASpace Race
Kazakhstan
RussiaUnited States🚀 Zarya Module Launched, First Component of the International Space Station
November 20: A Russian Proton rocket is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying the first segment of the International Space Station, the 21-ton Zarya Module.⟶
Space ExplorationInternational CooperationSpace StationNASACold War AftermathAerospace
KazakhstanRussiaUnited States👩🚀 First All-Female Spacewalk Conducted
October 18: NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch conduct the first all-female spacewalk outside of the ISS.⟶
Space ExplorationNASAAstronautsGender Equality
United States