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Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the U.S. And put into orbit. It was built by the Jet Propulsion Labratory of the California institute for technology. The satellite was sent aloft from cape Canaveral, FL.
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A Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, was the first human in space .
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President Kennedy challenged NASA to get a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
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The spacecraft Mariner 4 transmitted the first pictures of Mars.
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Surveyor 1 became the first American spacecraft to land on the moon.
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Astronaut John Glen was the first American man in orbit.
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Astronaut John Glen was the first American man in orbit.
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Apollo 8 was launched, and later it's crew members became the first men to orbit the moon.
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On July 20,1969 Neil Armstrong and "buzz" Aldrin became the first men on the moon. Along with them, Micheal Collins.
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The U.S. Launched it's first space station, Skylab.
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Voyager 1, a spacecraft, reached Saturn on November 13, 1980.
