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Volstok 1 is launched by U.S.S.R, carying Yuri A. Gargarin, the first man in space, and he orbited the Earth once.
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Alan B. Shepard Jr., is the first U.S astronaut in space in a suborbital flight
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John H. Glenn, Jr., first American to orbit Earth, and he orbited Earth three times.
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Mercury Aurora 7 is launched with M. Scott Carpenter, making three orbits
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Telstar 1, U.S. satellite, beams the first live transatlantic telecast.
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U.S. Mariner 2, the first successful planetary spacecraft, flies past Venus, and enters a solar orbit.
