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Sputnik 1 launched (first artificial satelite launched)
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Laika spacedog
Russia -
Sputnick 2 launched
Russia -
Mercury Program
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Yuri Gagarin (first man in space)
Russia -
First U.S. astronaut in space (Alan Sheperd)
US -
First US astronaut to orbit Earth (John Glenn)
US -
Project Apollo
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First woman in space (Valentina Vladimirovna)
Russia -
Gemini Project
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Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong on moon
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First Spacestation lanched
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First space shuttle mission, STS- 1
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Challenger shuttle explodes
(noteworthy) US
