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Space exploration history. 50 years ago today the first man went into space and 30 years ago today, nasa sent up the first space shuttle, and the russian cosmonaut left in 1961 and on that same day in 1981, john young and john crippen took that amazing flight. let's listen to the amazing sound effects. >> i am continuing the flight. the overload is somewhat increasing as well as the vibration. i am feeling well and i'm in great spirits. i can see the earth, and i can distinguish the features of its terrain. >> america's first space shuttle. the shuttle has cleared the tower. >> ironically, nas...

Those retiring shuttles? 1 dozens of museums across the country are hoping to get their hands on them and land a piece of space history. john zarella is live at the kennedy space center visitors complex for us today. i understand you have the scoop and you know who is getting a shuttle. >> reporter: we sure do, and sadly, there aren't enough vehicles to go around, the iconic winged flying vehicles, and they're going to be a lot of places that are disappointed, some that thought for sure they were getting one. and this is what i've been told by sources at nasa. that the shuttle "enterprise" whi...

And today is a major day in space exploration history. 50 years ago today, the first man went into space, and 30 years ago today, nasa sent up the first space shuttle. soviet cosmonaut yuri gagarin blasted off on april 12th, 1961, and on that same day in 1981, astronauts john young and robert cribin took the space shuttle "columbia" on its first place. let's listen to the sound effects. >> translator: i am continuing the flight. the overload is somewhat increasing as well as the vibration, but i'm feeling well, and i'm in great spirits. i can see the earth and can distinguish the features of i...

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