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The Soviet Union launched Spudnick 1, wich was the first artificial satilight sent off into space. The United States goverment feared that the USSR had the tech to deliver a nuclear weapon into space.
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Spudnick 2 was the second aircraft to go into orbit.Also Spudnick 2 was also the first to be carrying a live animal. Space exploration packet
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Explorer 1 was a space sattlelight desighned by NACA. It was the first american sattlelight to reach one full orbit. NASA Timeline
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Pioneer 4 is launched on a earth to moon trijectory. It passes within a 37,000 miles away from the moon. 50 Years of Space Flight
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Tiros 1 was a sattlelight launched into space in the 1960's. It was created to predict the weather and it was very successfull. SpaceRace.com
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Vostok 1 was carrying the first time spaceflight in history. He becomes to be the first man to reach space. His name was Yuri Gurgani. SpaceRace.com
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Alan B. Sheperd becomes the first space american in space. He was the second human in all time to orbit in spaceflight history. NASA Timeline
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Jfk anounced Apollo 11 was going to launch soon. He was just elected president and a group called NASA had been put together. 50 Years of Space Flight
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John Glenn was the first american to orbit space more than two times in one full long ftip. NASA Timeline
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Apollo 11 was finally launched on July 16, 1969. It was the first rocket ship carrying a human from the U.S.A. 50 Years of Space Flight