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The first artificial satellite was launched into space.
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A dog named Laika is the first living creature sent into space from Earth, on Russian Sputnik 2.
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The rocket explorer 1 was launched into space.
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NASA launched a chimp named Ham in a rocket headed for Mercury. He made it back successfully.
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Russian named Yuri Gagarin is the first person in space. The flight took 108 minutes.
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The first moon landing by the soviet Spacecraft, Luna 9.
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Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon.
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Mariner 10 is the first space probe on Mercury.
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By the space probe, Viking 1.
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7 Astronauts were killed during the launch on Space shuttle, Challenger.
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On a Mars mission, the Polar Lander disappeared.
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A Russian space station, Mir, is abandoned and crashes off of the coast in Australia and into the Pacific Ocean.
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The space shuttle Columbia explodes and all of the 7 astronauts died.
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Two twin Mars Exploration Rover missions land on Mars.