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Sputnik 1, the first man-made object to orbit the Earth, is launched by the U.S.S.R. It remains in space until January 4, 1958
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Explorer 2 is aunched by a Jupter-C rocket and can not reach orbit.
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Tiros 1, is launched by the United States, and is the first weather satellite.
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Mercury Frendship 7 lifts off with John.H. Glenn Jr., the first American man in orbit, and crcles te Earth three times.
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The first spacecraft to orbit the moon and return, Soviet Zond 5 is launched.
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Neil Arnstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. make the first landing on th moon, using Apollo 11.
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The United States launches Mariner 9, which becomes the first spacecraft to observe Mars from orbit.
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Pioneer 11 reaches Saturn, soaring to almost 13,000 miles within Saturn and taking photographs, helping to see the planet.
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Venara 13 makes a landing on Venus and create the first soil analysis of soil on Venus.
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China launches Shenzhou the first test, without men, of their manned capsule.
