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Mir (Мир) was the first Russian space station. The word means Peace, World or Society. It was was operational from 1986 to 2001.
The first space station, Salyut 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971. This marked the beginning of human habitation in space stations.
Edward White became the first American to walk in space on June 3, 1965.
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The first American space shuttle, Columbia, went into space on April 12, 1981.
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On the 20th of November 1998, the Russian built module Zarya, became the first module of the International Space Station to be launched into space. A couple of days later, on the 4th of December, the fist American built module, Unity, was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard the space shuttle Endeavour. The construction of the ISS should be completed by the end of 2010.
In 2001 Dennis Tito became the first "Space Tourist".
Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961.