Marshall Islands-Space Exploration Milestones-M/S- Scott #345a-y

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Marshall Islands 1989 – Milestones in Space Exploration – MINT

Miniature Sheet of 25

(#a: 45c value): Robert Goddard and 1st liquid fuel rocket launch, 1926.

(#b: 45c value): “Sputnik”, 1st man-made satellite, 1957.

(#c: 45c value): 1st American satellite, 1958.

(#d: 45c value): Yuri Gagarin, 1st man in space, 1961.

(#e: 45c value): John Glenn, 1st American to orbit Earth, 1962.

(#f: 45c value): Valentina Tereshkova, 1st woman in space, 1963.

(#g: 45c value): Aleksei Leonov, 1st space walk, 1965.

(#h: 45c value): Edward White, 1st American to walk in space, 1965.

(#i: 45c value): Gemini-Titan 6A, 1st rendezvous in space, 1965.

(#j: 45c value): 1st Soft landing on the Moon, 1966.

(#k: 45c value): Gemini 8, 1st docking in space, 1966.

(#l: 45c value): 1st probe of Venus, 1967.

(#m: 45c value): Apollo 8, 1st manned orbit of the Moon, 1968.

(#n: 45c value): Apollo 11, 1st man on the Moon, 1969.

(#o: 45c value): Soyuz 11, 1st space station crew, 1971.

(#p: 45c value): Apollo 15, 1st manned lunar vehicle, 1971.

(#q: 45c value): “Skylab 2”, 1st American manned space station, 1973.

(#r: 45c value): 1st Flyby of Jupiter, 1973.

(#s: 45c value): Apollo-Soyuz, 1st joint space flight, 1975.

(#t: 45c value): 1st Landing on Mars, 1976.

(#u: 45c value): 1st Flyby of Saturn, 1979.

(#v: 45c value): “Columbia”, 1st space shuttle flight, 1981.

(#w: 45c value): 1st probe beyond the solar system, 1983.

(#x: 45c value): 1st untethered space walk, 1984.

(#y: 45c value): Launch of space shuttle “Discovery”, 1988.

This miniature sheet contains World Stamp Expo ’89 emblem on selvage.

Marshall Islands-Scott #345a-y