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In the Race to Space the Soviet Union launches the Sputnik 1
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NASA is fromed after the congress passes the National Aeronautics and Space Act.
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U.S president John F. Kennedy announces the goal of sending astronauts to the moon before the end of the decade.
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The US launches Apollo 8
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Apollo 11 is launched.
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Neil Armstrong takes the first steps on the moon travelling in Apollo 11
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The Challenger broke into peices in mid air and killed all passengers.
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Salyut 7 falls from orbit and burns up over Argentina.
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Galileo space probe safely completes its encounter with Jupiters ice moon Europa.
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A chimpanzee made an 18 minute flight in a Mercury capsule.