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Outer space

Outer space is the void that exists between celestial bodies, including the Earth. It is not completely empty, but consists of a hard vacuum containing a low density of particles: predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium, as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, and neutrinos. Theory suggests that it also contains dark matter and dark energy...

Timeline of Events

1961

4.12.1961

Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space, in Vostok 3KA-2 (Vostok 1). thumb to travel into outer space: Yuri Gagarin]]

1963

5.15.1963

Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space.

1965

11.26.1965

In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, ''Asterix-1'' on board, becoming the third country to enter outer space.

1974

2.8.1974

After 84 days in space, the crew of the first American space station Skylab returns to Earth.

1978

3.2.1978

Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.

1988

9.7.1988

Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station.

1995

3.22.1995

Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in space.

1998

7.5.1998

Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.