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October 4, 1957 the first man-made object to get out of earth. It was called the Sputnik 1.
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November 3, 1957 was the first space ship to carry a dog to space. It was called Sputnik 2.
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March 5, 1958 failed to reach orbit. It was called the explorer 2.
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May 15, 1958 a space ship was launched. It was called the Sputnik 3.
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October 1, 1958 is the date NASA was found. It stands for National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics.
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January 2, 1959 on this day the first satellite was put in space. It was man-made but U.S.S.R.
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October 4, 1959 a satellite was launched and took pictures of the moons far side. It was called the Lunar 3.
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April 1, 1960 The First successful weather satellite was launched by the U.S. It was called the Tiros 1.
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February 20, 1962 a space ship was launched with John Glenn. He was the first person to orbit Earth.
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May 24, 1962 a space ship was launched with Scott Carpenter. He made 3 orbits.
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July 31, 1964 A U.S Ranger took pictures of the moon. They were 7 close pictures
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November 16, 1965 Soviet Venus 3 is launched. It was sent to Mars.
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February 3, 1966 The Soviet Luna 9 landed on the moon. It was the first to land softly.
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March 1, 1966 The Soviet Venus landed on Mars. It was the first.
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March 1966 The Soviet Luna 10 orbited the moon. It was the first spaceship to do this.
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May 30, 1971 The U.S launched the Mariner 9. It was the first spacecraft to observe Mars from the orbit.
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January 28, 1986 the space shuttle explodes right after lift off. It was called the Challenger.
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March 1986 Astronomers discover an invisible gravity source. It can split quasars.
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February 8, 1992 Ulysses flies past Jupiter. It was on its way to the sun.
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December 9, 1994 an asteroid passes within 65,000 miles of earth. It was called asteroid XM1.
