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The first ever man-made object to orbit the Earth was launched by the U.S.S.R. and had beaten the U.S. in the space race.
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The first U.S. satellite to orbit takes off at Cape Canaveral using a modified Jupiter C-Rocket. It carries with it a scientific experiment created by James Van Allen and discovers the Earths radiation belt.
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N.A.S.A. is founded and takes over the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics.
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The first man-made satellite to ever orbit the moon is created by the U.S.S.R.
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The first successful spacecraft to fly past Venus and enters a solar orbit.
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Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. are the first people to land on the moon and do a moon walk.
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Apollo 13 is launched, but its SM oxygen tanks suffer an explosion. Its moon landing is aborted, and the crew returns home safely.
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Apollo 14 is launched and lands on the planned moon landing site for Apollo 13, the Fra Mauro Highlands, which they explore using the help of a 2 wheeled cart that permits the transport of a significantly greater amount of lunar materials than previous missions. Alan Shepard becomes the first man to hit a golf ball in space.
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The crew of the Expidition One is launched on a Soyuz transport to become the first crew of the I.S.S.
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The U.S. launches the space shuttle, the Endeavour, which is carrying the Rafaello logistics module back to the I.S.S. with new supplies.
