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  • USSR launches Sputnik 1.

    USSR launches Sputnik 1.
    Space Race

  • Luna 1, first man-made satellite to orbit the moon, is launched by the U.S.S.R.

    Luna 1, first man-made satellite to orbit the moon, is launched by the U.S.S.R.
    Time line of space

  • April 1, 1960 - Tiros 1, the first successful weather satellite, is launched by the U.S.

    April 1, 1960 - Tiros 1, the first successful weather satellite, is launched by the U.S.
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  • Vostok 1 is launched by the U.S.S.R., carrying Cosmonaut Yuri A. Gargarin, the first man in space. He orbits the Earth once.

    Vostok 1 is launched by the U.S.S.R., carrying Cosmonaut Yuri A. Gargarin, the first man in space. He orbits the Earth once.
    Space Timeline

  • Mercury Friendship 7 lifts off with John H. Glenn, Jr., the first American in orbit, and orbits the Earth three times.

    Mercury Friendship 7 lifts off with John H. Glenn, Jr., the first American in orbit, and orbits the Earth three times.
    Time Line

  • Vostok 6 carries Soviet Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova, the first woman in space and orbits the Earth 48 times.

    Vostok 6 carries Soviet Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova, the first woman in space and orbits the Earth 48 times.
    Time line

  • July 31, 1964 - U.S. Ranger 7 relays the first close-range photographs of the Moon.

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  • February 3, 1966 - Soviet Luna 9 is the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon.

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  • April 23, 1967 - Soviet Soyuz 1 is launched, carrying Vladimir M. Komarov. On April 24 it crashed, killing Komarov, the first spaceflight fatality.

    Time Line

  • Space shuttle Challenger is launched.

    Time Line