Question

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List significant events which have occurred from 1980 until now that relate to space exploration and other important space research. Need this for a project, doesn't need to be specific, only need a few like 4-5. Please help :)

Answer 1

@SolomonZelman , @ParthKohli

Answer 2

I haven't really studied any specific things from 1980 till now. I am more familiar with the first half of the 20th century.

Answer 3

Ah, need like the Hubble Space Telescope, and other scientific, I can't think of others, Apollo 13, but that was prior. Know anyone who can help @SolomonZelman ?

Answer 4

Perhaps this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLTSATCOM-3

I do believe it is still used as a communications satellite till today.

Answer 5

2/3/ 1984 Astronaut Bruce McCandless became the first man to take an untethered space walk.
10/84: Kathryn Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space
2/12/2001 First landing on an asteroid
2/14/1990 First photograph of the whole solar system.
7/5/2005 NASA spacecraft collided with a comet half the size of Manhattan, creating a brilliant cosmic smashup designed to help scientists study the building blocks of life on earth.
August, 2012 - NASA's Voyager 1 probe, launched in 1977, entered interstellar space.