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The Soviet satellite "Sputnik 1" is the first object sent into spae and to successfully orbit the Earth.
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the first Earthling, a soviet dog named Laika, is successfully sent into space.
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THe first United States satellite to orbit the Earth- "Explorer 1"- is launched.
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NASA ( National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is formed.
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Soviet consmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person in space (he orbits the Earth).
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Alan Shepard is the first United States citizen in space.
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Astronaut John Glenn becomes the first United States citizen to orbit the Earth
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Apollo 11 crew member Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon. HIs fellow crew member Edwin "Buzz" ALdrin is right behind him, making him the second man to walk on the moon.
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Voyager 2 the first space probe to fly by the four gas planets- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune- is launched
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the first American space shuttle is launched. This is the first "re-usable" space craft in history.
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THe space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after take-off, killing all of its crew members including the first teached in space, Christa McAuliffe.
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the Hubble space telescope is launced into orbit around the Earth
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The un manned American space probe "Pathfinder" lands on Mars and begins its successful exploration of the planet.
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Human Habitation in the International Space Station begins.
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the space shuttle Columbia explodes upon re-entry into the Earth's atmoshpere.
