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The Launching of Sputnik
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The 1st official satellite put in space by the USSR.The US feared the USSR had the technology to deliver a nuclear weapon via the R-7 rocket. -
First living thing/dog sent to space
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USSR sent Sputnik 2 to space with a dog, Laika, who returns alive proving that living things could go to space. -
Explorer 1
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The 1st american satellite to reach orbit and it discovered the Van Allen Radiation Belt. -
NASA is formed
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NASA replaces NACA and the success of NASA is mostly because they used the discoveries of NACA to help them. -
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First man in space
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The first man in space and the first man to orbit the earth was Yuri Gagarin. -
John Glenn orbits Earth
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John had to be less than a certain weight and height to complete this and he then orbited Earth 3 times. -
First space walk
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Alexei Leonov spends 12 minutes outside his spacecraft and performs the first space walk. -
Surveyor 1 lands
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When Surveyor 1 lands on the moon NASA discovers that the surface of the moon is hard and things can stand or walk on it. -
Moon Landing and Walk
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Armstrong took "one small step for man and one giant;eap for mankind¨ and walked onto the moon.
