milestones.json

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      "day": 1,
      "year": 2024,
      "title": "XPoSat Satellite Launch",
      "description": "India successfully launched the XPoSat satellite to study cosmic X-rays.",
      "country": "India"
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      "day": 2,
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      "title": "Luna 1 Launched",
      "description": "The USSR launched Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.",
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      "month": 1,
      "day": 3,
      "year": 2019,
      "title": "Chang'e 4 Moon Landing",
      "description": "China's Chang'e 4 became the first spacecraft to land on the far side of the Moon.",
      "country": "China"
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      "month": 1,
      "day": 4,
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      "title": "Spirit Rover Lands on Mars",
      "description": "NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars, beginning its exploration of the Martian surface.",
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      "title": "NASA Announces Shuttle Program",
      "description": "President Nixon announced the development of NASA's Space Shuttle program.",
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      "month": 1,
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      "title": "Luna 9 Launch",
      "description": "The USSR launched Luna 9, which later became the first spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on the Moon.",
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    {
      "month": 1,
      "day": 7,
      "year": 1610,
      "title": "Galileo Discovers Jupiter's Moons",
      "description": "Galileo Galilei observed three of Jupiter's moons for the first time through his telescope.",
      "country": "Italy"
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      "month": 1,
      "day": 8,
      "year": 2001,
      "title": "INSAT-3C Launched",
      "description": "India launched INSAT-3C to provide communication services across the Indian region.",
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      "day": 9,
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      "title": "First Discovery of Exoplanets",
      "description": "Two planets were discovered orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12, marking the first confirmed detection of exoplanets.",
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      "month": 1,
      "day": 10,
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      "title": "First Satellite from India Tracked",
      "description": "India tracked an American satellite for the first time, marking early involvement in global space activity.",
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      "month": 1,
      "day": 11,
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      "description": "ISRO launched the PSLV-C10 carrying the Israeli TecSAR satellite.",
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      "month": 1,
      "day": 12,
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      "description": "ISRO launched INSAT-3A for telecommunications, television broadcasting, and weather forecasting.",
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      "day": 13,
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      "description": "India launched INSAT-2B, a multipurpose satellite for meteorology and telecommunications.",
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      "month": 1,
      "day": 14,
      "year": 2005,
      "title": "Huygens Lands on Titan",
      "description": "ESA's Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon Titan, transmitting data about its surface.",
      "country": "ESA"
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    {
      "month": 1,
      "day": 15,
      "year": 2006,
      "title": "Stardust Returns to Earth",
      "description": "NASA’s Stardust mission returned with dust samples from comet Wild 2.",
      "country": "USA"
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      "month": 1,
      "day": 16,
      "year": 2003,
      "title": "Final Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia",
      "description": "Space Shuttle Columbia launched for its final mission STS-107, which ended in tragedy.",
      "country": "USA"
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      "month": 1,
      "day": 17,
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      "description": "ISRO successfully launched PSLV-C1 carrying IRS-1D, improving India's Earth observation capabilities.",
      "country": "India"
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      "month": 1,
      "day": 18,
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      "title": "Launch of SPOT-1",
      "description": "France launched SPOT-1, a satellite for Earth observation.",
      "country": "France"
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    {
      "month": 1,
      "day": 19,
      "year": 2006,
      "title": "New Horizons Launch",
      "description": "NASA launched New Horizons on a mission to study Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.",
      "country": "USA"
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    {
      "month": 1,
      "day": 20,
      "year": 1998,
      "title": "India-US Space Agreement",
      "description": "India and USA signed an agreement for cooperation in civil space activities.",
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    {
      "month": 1,
      "day": 21,
      "year": 1960,
      "title": "Little Joe 1B Launch",
      "description": "NASA launched Little Joe 1B to test the Mercury capsule escape system.",
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      "month": 1,
      "day": 22,
      "year": 2002,
      "title": "INSAT-3C Launch",
      "description": "ISRO launched INSAT-3C for improved telecommunications across India.",
      "country": "India"
    },
    {
      "month": 1,
      "day": 23,
      "year": 2000,
      "title": "ISRO PSLV-C2 Launch",
      "description": "India launched PSLV-C2 carrying IRS-P4 and two foreign satellites, highlighting global collaboration.",
      "country": "India"
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    {
      "month": 1,
      "day": 24,
      "year": 1986,
      "title": "Voyager 2 Flyby of Uranus",
      "description": "NASA's Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Uranus, sending back the first close-up images.",
      "country": "USA"
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    {
      "month": 1,
      "day": 25,
      "year": 2007,
      "title": "India Launches Cartosat-2",
      "description": "ISRO launched Cartosat-2 for high-resolution Earth observation.",
      "country": "India"
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    {
      "month": 1,
      "day": 26,
      "year": 2001,
      "title": "Republic Day Honours Indian Space Scientists",
      "description": "Notable space scientists awarded Padma honors for contributions to ISRO.",
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    {
      "month": 1,
      "day": 27,
      "year": 1967,
      "title": "Apollo 1 Tragedy",
      "description": "Fire during a pre-launch test killed all three Apollo 1 astronauts.",
      "country": "USA"
    },
    {
      "month": 1,
      "day": 28,
      "year": 1986,
      "title": "Challenger Disaster",
      "description": "NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart shortly after launch, killing all seven astronauts.",
      "country": "USA"
    },
    {
      "month": 1,
      "day": 29,
      "year": 1989,
      "title": "ISRO Launches SROSS-A",
      "description": "India launched the first satellite in the SROSS series to study X-rays and gamma rays.",
      "country": "India"
    },
    {
      "month": 1,
      "day": 30,
      "year": 2004,
      "title": "Opportunity Rover Lands on Mars",
      "description": "NASA's Opportunity rover successfully landed on Mars to continue the exploration started by Spirit.",
      "country": "USA"
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    {
      "month": 1,
      "day": 31,
      "year": 2018,
      "title": "Super Blue Blood Moon",
      "description": "A rare celestial event combining a supermoon, blue moon, and lunar eclipse.",
      "country": "Global"
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    {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 1,
        "year": 2003,
        "title": "Columbia Shuttle Disaster",
        "description": "NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry, killing all seven astronauts on board.",
        "country": "USA"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 2,
        "year": 2009,
        "title": "Iran Launches Omid Satellite",
        "description": "Iran successfully launched its first domestically made satellite, Omid, into orbit.",
        "country": "Iran"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 3,
        "year": 1966,
        "title": "Luna 9 Lands on Moon",
        "description": "The USSR's Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on the Moon.",
        "country": "USSR"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 4,
        "year": 2004,
        "title": "Rosetta Launched",
        "description": "ESA launched the Rosetta spacecraft to study comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.",
        "country": "ESA"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 5,
        "year": 1971,
        "title": "Apollo 14 Moon Landing",
        "description": "Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell landed on the Moon.",
        "country": "USA"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 6,
        "year": 2010,
        "title": "India's GSAT-4 Launch Failure",
        "description": "India's GSAT-4 satellite launch failed due to cryogenic stage malfunction.",
        "country": "India"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 7,
        "year": 1999,
        "title": "STS-98 Launch",
        "description": "NASA launched Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-98 to deliver Destiny lab to the ISS.",
        "country": "USA"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 8,
        "year": 2014,
        "title": "GSAT-14 Launched",
        "description": "ISRO successfully launched GSAT-14 using the GSLV Mk II with an indigenous cryogenic engine.",
        "country": "India"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 9,
        "year": 1990,
        "title": "Galileo Flyby of Venus",
        "description": "NASA's Galileo spacecraft conducted a flyby of Venus to gain speed for its journey to Jupiter.",
        "country": "USA"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 10,
        "year": 2009,
        "title": "First Satellite Collision",
        "description": "An Iridium communication satellite and a defunct Russian satellite collided in orbit.",
        "country": "Global"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 11,
        "year": 2010,
        "title": "Solar Dynamics Observatory Launch",
        "description": "NASA launched the Solar Dynamics Observatory to study the Sun.",
        "country": "USA"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 12,
        "year": 2001,
        "title": "NEAR Shoemaker Lands on Asteroid",
        "description": "NASA's NEAR Shoemaker became the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid (Eros).",
        "country": "USA"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 13,
        "year": 2020,
        "title": "ISRO Unveils Human Spaceflight Training",
        "description": "ISRO announced Gaganyaan astronaut training had begun in collaboration with Russia.",
        "country": "India"
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      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 14,
        "year": 1990,
        "title": "Voyager 1's Pale Blue Dot Photo",
        "description": "NASA's Voyager 1 captured the famous Pale Blue Dot photo of Earth from 6 billion km away.",
        "country": "USA"
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      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 15,
        "year": 2013,
        "title": "Chelyabinsk Meteor",
        "description": "A meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring over 1,000 people and shocking the world.",
        "country": "Russia"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 16,
        "year": 1993,
        "title": "IRS-1E Launched",
        "description": "India launched IRS-1E for remote sensing, but the mission failed due to rocket malfunction.",
        "country": "India"
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      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 17,
        "year": 1959,
        "title": "Vanguard 2 Launched",
        "description": "USA launched Vanguard 2, the first weather satellite, to measure cloud cover.",
        "country": "USA"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 18,
        "year": 2021,
        "title": "Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars",
        "description": "NASA's Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars to search for signs of ancient life.",
        "country": "USA"
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      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 19,
        "year": 1986,
        "title": "Mir Space Station Launched",
        "description": "The USSR launched the core module of the Mir space station into orbit.",
        "country": "USSR"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 20,
        "year": 1962,
        "title": "John Glenn Orbits Earth",
        "description": "John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7.",
        "country": "USA"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 21,
        "year": 2008,
        "title": "ISRO Launches PSLV-C10",
        "description": "ISRO successfully launched PSLV-C10 carrying an Israeli satellite, strengthening international ties.",
        "country": "India"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 22,
        "year": 2017,
        "title": "TRAPPIST-1 Discovery",
        "description": "NASA announced discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting the TRAPPIST-1 star.",
        "country": "World"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 23,
        "year": 2019,
        "title": "India Launches PSLV-C45",
        "description": "ISRO launched PSLV-C45 carrying EMISAT and 28 international customer satellites.",
        "country": "India"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 24,
        "year": 1969,
        "title": "Mariner 6 Launch",
        "description": "NASA launched Mariner 6 to fly by Mars and send back close-up images.",
        "country": "USA"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 25,
        "year": 2007,
        "title": "INSAT-4B Launched",
        "description": "India launched INSAT-4B for communication services and television broadcasting.",
        "country": "India"
      },
      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 26,
        "year": 2012,
        "title": "ISRO Launches PSLV-C19",
        "description": "India successfully launched PSLV-C19 carrying RISAT-1, a radar imaging satellite.",
        "country": "India"
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      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 27,
        "year": 2014,
        "title": "India's GSLV Mk III First Test",
        "description": "India conducted a successful suborbital test of GSLV Mk III, marking a milestone for heavier payload launches.",
        "country": "India"
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        "month": 2,
        "day": 28,
        "year": 1994,
        "title": "Discovery Launches STS-62",
        "description": "Space Shuttle Discovery launched STS-62 for microgravity and atmospheric research.",
        "country": "USA"
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      {
        "month": 2,
        "day": 29,
        "year": 2016,
        "title": "India Launches IRNSS-1F",
        "description": "ISRO launched IRNSS-1F, part of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS).",
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        "month": 3,
        "day": 1,
        "year": 1966,
        "title": "Venera 3 Crash-Lands on Venus",
        "description": "The Soviet Union’s Venera 3 becomes the first human-made object to impact another planet.",
        "country": "USSR"
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      {
        "month": 3,
        "day": 2,
        "year": 1972,
        "title": "Launch of Pioneer 10",
        "description": "NASA launched Pioneer 10, the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt and make direct observations of Jupiter.",
        "country": "USA"
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      {
        "month": 3,
        "day": 3,
        "year": 2005,
        "title": "ISRO PSLV-C5 Launch",
        "description": "India launched PSLV-C5 carrying the Cartosat-1 and HAMSAT satellites.",
        "country": "India"
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      {
        "month": 3,
        "day": 4,
        "year": 2006,
        "title": "MRO Enters Mars Orbit",
        "description": "NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter entered orbit around Mars to begin its study of the red planet.",
        "country": "USA"
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      {
        "month": 3,
        "day": 5,
        "year": 2013,
        "title": "ISRO's Indo-French SARAL Mission",
        "description": "India and France jointly launched the SARAL satellite for oceanographic studies.",
        "country": "India/France"
      },
      {
        "month": 3,
        "day": 7,
        "year": 2009,
        "title": "Launch of Kepler Telescope",
        "description": "NASA launched the Kepler Space Telescope to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars.",
        "country": "USA"
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      {
        "month": 3,
        "day": 10,
        "year": 1970,
        "title": "INSAT Program Announced",
        "description": "India formally announced the creation of the Indian National Satellite System (INSAT).",
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        "month": 3,
        "day": 13,
        "year": 1986,
        "title": "Giotto Flyby of Halley’s Comet",
        "description": "ESA's Giotto spacecraft makes its closest approach to Halley’s Comet.",
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      {
        "month": 3,
        "day": 15,
        "year": 1962,
        "title": "First Indian Rocket Test",
        "description": "India conducted one of its earliest rocket tests from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.",
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        "day": 17,
        "year": 2011,
        "title": "MESSENGER Enters Mercury Orbit",
        "description": "NASA's MESSENGER became the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury.",
        "country": "USA"
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      {
        "month": 3,
        "day": 19,
        "year": 2001,
        "title": "Mir Space Station Deorbited",
        "description": "Russia deorbited the Mir space station after 15 years in orbit.",
        "country": "Russia"
      },
      {
        "month": 3,
        "day": 22,
        "year": 2000,
        "title": "INSAT-3B Launch",
        "description": "ISRO launched INSAT-3B for telecommunications and internet services.",
        "country": "India"
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      {
        "month": 3,
        "day": 23,
        "year": 2001,
        "title": "ISRO’s PSLV-C3 Mission",
        "description": "India launched PSLV-C3 carrying the TES and two foreign satellites.",
        "country": "India"
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        "month": 3,
        "day": 24,
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        "title": "Discovery of Neptune's Largest Ring",
        "description": "Astronomers discovered a massive ring system around Neptune using ground-based telescopes.",
        "country": "World"
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        "month": 3,
        "day": 27,
        "year": 2019,
        "title": "Mission Shakti",
        "description": "India successfully tested its first anti-satellite missile, demonstrating space defense capability.",
        "country": "India"
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        "month": 3,
        "day": 28,
        "year": 2006,
        "title": "ISRO Launches Cartosat-1",
        "description": "India launched Cartosat-1 for high-resolution Earth observation.",
        "country": "India"
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      {
        "month": 3,
        "day": 31,
        "year": 2005,
        "title": "Mangalyaan Project Approved",
        "description": "India approved its first interplanetary mission to Mars, later named Mangalyaan.",
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        "month": 4,
        "day": 1,
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        "title": "First Weather Satellite Launched",
        "description": "NASA launched TIROS-1, the first successful weather satellite.",
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        "day": 2,
        "year": 1984,
        "title": "Rakesh Sharma Goes to Space",
        "description": "Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to travel to space aboard Soyuz T-11.",
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        "month": 4,
        "day": 4,
        "year": 2001,
        "title": "Mars Odyssey Launched",
        "description": "NASA launched Mars Odyssey to map the Martian surface and find signs of water.",
        "country": "USA"
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      {
        "month": 4,
        "day": 7,
        "year": 2001,
        "title": "ISRO PSLV-C3 Launch",
        "description": "India launched PSLV-C3 carrying three satellites including TES and BIRD.",
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      {
        "month": 4,
        "day": 9,
        "year": 1959,
        "title": "NASA Announces Mercury 7 Astronauts",
        "description": "NASA introduced the original seven astronauts for the Mercury program.",
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      },
      {
        "month": 4,
        "day": 11,
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        "title": "Apollo 13 Launches",
        "description": "NASA launched Apollo 13, which later faced a critical failure en route to the Moon.",
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      {
        "month": 4,
        "day": 12,
        "year": 1961,
        "title": "Yuri Gagarin's Historic Flight",
        "description": "Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space aboard Vostok 1.",
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        "month": 4,
        "day": 12,
        "year": 1981,
        "title": "First Space Shuttle Flight",
        "description": "NASA launched the first reusable Space Shuttle, Columbia (STS-1).",
        "country": "USA"
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      {
        "month": 4,
        "day": 14,
        "year": 2008,
        "title": "Cartosat-2A and IMS-1 Launched",
        "description": "ISRO launched Cartosat-2A and IMS-1 along with eight foreign nanosatellites.",
        "country": "India"
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        "month": 4,
        "day": 17,
        "year": 1970,
        "title": "Apollo 13 Returns Safely",
        "description": "Apollo 13 splashed down safely after surviving a near-disaster in space.",
        "country": "USA"
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      {
        "month": 4,
        "day": 19,
        "year": 1971,
        "title": "Salyut 1 Launched",
        "description": "The Soviet Union launched the first space station, Salyut 1.",
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        "month": 4,
        "day": 20,
        "year": 2009,
        "title": "RISAT-2 Launch",
        "description": "ISRO launched RISAT-2, India’s first radar imaging satellite for all-weather surveillance.",
        "country": "India"
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      {
        "month": 4,
        "day": 22,
        "year": 2009,
        "title": "ISRO PSLV-C12 Launch",
        "description": "India launched PSLV-C12 carrying RISAT-2 and ANUSAT.",
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      {
        "month": 4,
        "day": 24,
        "year": 1990,
        "title": "Hubble Space Telescope Launched",
        "description": "NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.",
        "country": "USA"
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      {
        "month": 4,
        "day": 26,
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        "title": "Ariane Launch System Initiated",
        "description": "The European Space Agency initiated development of the Ariane launch vehicle family.",
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        "month": 4,
        "day": 28,
        "year": 2008,
        "title": "ISRO Launches Cartosat-2A",
        "description": "India launched Cartosat-2A, a high-resolution remote sensing satellite.",
        "country": "India"
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      {
        "month": 4,
        "day": 29,
        "year": 2001,
        "title": "Dennis Tito Becomes First Space Tourist",
        "description": "American businessman Dennis Tito flew to space aboard a Russian Soyuz mission.",
        "country": "Russia/USA"
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      {
        "month": 4,
        "day": 30,
        "year": 2007,
        "title": "Cartosat-2 Launched",
        "description": "India launched Cartosat-2, enhancing its Earth observation capabilities.",
        "country": "India"
      },
      {
        "month": 5,
        "day": 1,
        "year": 2009,
        "title": "Chandrayaan-1's Moon Impact Probe Discovery",
        "description": "India's Chandrayaan-1 confirmed the presence of magnesium, aluminum, and silicon on the Moon.",
        "country": "India"
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      {
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        "day": 2,
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        "title": "Luna 5 Launch",
        "description": "The USSR launched Luna 5 in an attempt to achieve a soft landing on the Moon.",
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      },
      {
        "month": 5,
        "day": 3,
        "year": 2024,
        "title": "Chang’e-6 Lunar Mission Launch",
        "description": "China launched the Chang’e-6 mission to collect samples from the Moon's far side.",
        "country": "China"
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      {
        "month": 5,
        "day": 4,
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        "title": "Magellan Mission Launch",
        "description": "NASA launched the Magellan spacecraft to map the surface of Venus using radar.",
        "country": "USA"
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      {
        "month": 5,
        "day": 5,
        "year": 1961,
        "title": "Alan Shepard Flies Freedom 7",
        "description": "Alan Shepard became the first American in space aboard Freedom 7.",
        "country": "USA"
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      {
        "month": 5,
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