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This is a Space Exploration Timeline including notable achievements and first accomplishments in humanity's physical exploration of space.

Prior to 1942

1942-1957

1957-1961

1961-1969

1970-1980

1981-present

Project Vanguard was transferred from the NRL to NASA in late 1958.

In addition, virtually all manned duration records have been set by the USSR, due largely to their Salyut and Mir series of space stations.

1. ^ Tsiolkovsky's Исследование мировых пространств реактивными приборами - The Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices (Russian paper)

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Published in July 2009.

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