The first hovercraft, invented by Sir Christopher Cockerell, was launched in 1959 in the United Kingdom. It made its maiden voyage across the English Channel.
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The first successful Mars Rover was launched on December 4, 1996.
The first GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) satellite was launched on October 16, 1975.
The first NASA spacecraft, Explorer 1, was launched on January 31, 1958. It was the United States' first successfully launched satellite and was instrumental in the discovery of Earth's radiation belts.
The first space craft was Sputnik, which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
The first spaceship, Vostok 1, was launched by the Soviet Union from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 12, 1961.