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The U.S. launches its first satellite into orbit
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The soviet craft Sputnik 5 carried two dogs up into space and returned alive
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Astronaut Alan Shepard: First American in space.
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President Kennedy made a plan to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
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russians send the first human into space
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Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova ; First woman in space.
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Astronaut Ed White ; first American to walk in space.
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Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men on the moon.
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The moon rover was driven on the moon for the first time.
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The U.S. launched its first space station, Skylab.