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In physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved path of an object around a point in space, for example the orbit of a planet around the center of a star system, such as the Solar System...

Timeline of Events

1957

10.11.1957

Space Race: M.I.T. scientists calculate Sputnik I's booster rocket's orbit.

11.3.1957

Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches ''Sputnik 2.'' On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.

1958

4.14.1958

The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days.

1964

10.12.1964

The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits

1975

7.17.1975

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.

1983

4.25.1983

Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.

1995

10.6.1995

51 Pegasi is discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it.