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USSR's Sputnic 1 is launched
Sputnic 1 was the first satlite shot in to space during the cold war. -
USSR launches Sputnic 2
Sputnic two carried a small dog to test if humans could survive. Saddly the dog did not survive.It was important because it was testing to see if humans could survive in space -
USA launches Explorer 1
the launch of Explorer 1 was important because it was the first american satiliete to reach orbit -
explorer 2 lanched
it failed to reach orbit -
NASA is created
This is important to us because NASA is in the USA and it is still going on today -
Yuri Gagarin is the first man in space (Solvietts)
It was important to us because it was a discovery that people could live in space -
Alen B Shepard goes to space
It was importent because he was the first american in space -
Jon Glenn orbits the earth 3 times
It was important because it was the 2nd american in space -
Luna 10 is launched
It is important because it was the first satlite to orbit the moon -
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon
It was important because the americans made the accomplishment of walking on the moon
