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title: 'Space Missions You Really Should Know'
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date: '2010-05-08'
description: 'Which missions do you wish people wouldn’t forget about? Here are some of mine: Apollo 11. Humans first walked on the Moon. 2 American men: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Michael Collins piloted. Sputnik. First man-made object in orbit – a beeping satellite from the USSR. The Vostok Program: Yuri…'
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# [Space Missions You Really Should Know](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/blog/space-missions-you-really-should-know)

   8th May 2010   [human spaceflight](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/tag:human%20spaceflight#body-wrapper)  

Which missions do you wish people wouldn’t forget about? Here are some of mine:

- Apollo 11. Humans first walked on the Moon. 2 American men: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Michael Collins piloted.
- Sputnik. First man-made object in orbit – a beeping satellite from the USSR.
- The Vostok Program: Yuri Gagarin – first human in space, first human to orbit the Earth. USSR.
- Mercury (specifically “Freedom 7”): Alan Shephard – first American in space.
- STS “Space Transport System” – the official name of the Space Shuttle program. Many important occurrences.
- Pioneers 10 & 11, Voyagers 1 & 2 – Our first “close” views of the other planets.
- Hubble – Hubble’s photos changed the average person’s view of astronomy, and advanced the science immensely.
- Skylab, MIR, and ISS – these are some of our space stations, we had them serially not simultaneously. ISS is the only one now.
- SpaceShip One: Burt Rutan flew the 1st commercial (non-government/non-military) flight into space on a reusable craft.
- Last but not least, keep these in your heart: X-15, Soyuz 1, Soyuz 11, Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia.
- Just a couple inspiring names: Sally Ride, Valentina Tereshkova, John Glenn, Shenzhou

## Links

- [Want more?](http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/space.php)
- [Disaster Details](http://tinyurl.com/SpaceProgramDeaths)
- If that link doesn’t work – [use this one](http://www.alicesastroinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/jsc_significantincidents.jpg). [Or the source](https://home.ests.jacobs.com/missionsafety/presentations/FilghtSafetyAwarenessMoment_11-9-10.pdf).

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