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"The first ever space satellite is launched into space".
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First US satellite is sent into orbit, and "It carried scientific equipment that leads to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt."
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"The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is formed, it replaces the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA)."
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"It is the first man-made object to orbit the Sun"
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"Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth once and becomes the first man in space."
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Gherman Titov spends a whole entire day in space aboard Vostok 2.
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"Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space".
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Becomes the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon
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Two astronauts tragically died in a flash fire on the spaceship while doing the pre-flight tests, leading NASA to being more cautious and strict.
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First manned mission to space, by the US and it entered an Earth orbit for a few rotations before landing back.
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The first manned spacecraft to enter lunar orbit is launched.
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The lunar module itself was tested in space for the very first time.
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Tested all the systems and the procedures necessary for a lunar landing, but it didn’t actually, land on the moon
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This was the first time that man had ever set foot on the moon and marked the American victory over the Soviets in the Space Race.
