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USSR launches Sputnik 1
Sputnik was the first artificial satallite sent into space by USSR. The US worried the Soviets could create a missel that could reach the US. -
US launched explorer 1 into orbit
It was the first American satellite to go into space. -
Luna 2 is launched. It impacts the moon.
This was impotant to space exploration because it was the first man-made object to land on the moon. -
Tiros 1, weather satellite, launched.
This is important to space exploration because it gave us the weather in space. -
USSR launches first human, Yuri Gagarin, into space.
This proved that people arec able to go into space and that USSR were able to figure that out faster than the US. -
Alan B. Shepard was the first american into space.
This is important to space exploration because it proved that no just USSR can launch humans into space. -
Mariner 2 flies past Venus and enters a solar orbit
This is important to space exploration because it was the first time that a satellite flew by Venus. -
Ranger 7 transmits the first close range images of the moon.
This is important to space exploration because it gives us a better idea of what the moon looks like. -
Lunar orbiter 1 takes the first picture of Earth from a distance.
This is improtant to space exploration because it was the first time that everyone got to see what the Earth looked like from an accurate source. -
Venera 4 transmits data about teh atmospher of Venus.
Thsi is important to space exploration because it could give us information about possibilities of life on Venus. -
Armstron and Aldwin walk on the moon.
This proved that the moon is a solid. This was important to space exploration because it gave us some information about the moon.