President Richard Nixon passed a new law that allowed NASA to build America’s first space shuttle.
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The Outer Space Treaty was signed to prevent the use of nuclear weapons being utilized in space.
The first-ever international crewed space mission was jointly launched by the US and the USSR.
Sultan bin Salman Al Saud became the first Arab and the first Muslim to fly into space.
George Mary Searle discovered the asteroid 55 Pandora.
Space welcomed its first tourist from Earth.
