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Crewed vehicles

First crewed Moon landing (1969)

International Space Station

Inhabited space station in low Earth orbit

Soviet/Russian space station that operated in Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001

Soviet space station in orbit from April to October 1971

American super heavy-lift expendable rocket

First space station launched and operated by NASA (1973–1979)

Soyuz (spacecraft)

Series of spacecraft designed for the Soviet space programme

Partially reusable launch system and space plane

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

1986 breakup of U.S. Space Shuttle

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

Fatal in-flight breakup of the space vehicle

First human spaceflight in history