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The soviet union launched the first satellite into space. The US feared that now Russia had the ability to launch nuclear weapons.
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Explorer 1 was the first american satellite to reach orbit. Lead to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt.
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National Areonautics and Space Administration started. This led to the first men on the moon.
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The Luna 1 was launched by the Soviet Union. This spacecraft became the first man-made object to orbit the sun.
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First camera satellite. Got images of the moon for scientists to study so we cold have a better undertanding of the moon.
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Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. The soviet Union launched the Vostok 6 which brought Tereshkova to space.
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The Ranger 7was launched by the U.S. It was the first camera equipped satellite that took close range photos of the moon.
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The Luna 10 was launches by the USSR. First satellite to orbit the moon and gather information about the moon's magnetism.
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This was the first known time that humankind have set foot on the moon. The astronaughts gathered moon rocks for scientists to study ant they also gathered data that led to the first presicion landing on the moon.
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Pete Conrad and Alan Bean preformed the first precision lunar landing. This accomplishment led to NASA precion Landing their satellites to gather specific information.
