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TV Satellite
US launched the First Television Infrared Observation Satellite -
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FIrst man in space
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to circle eath -
Orbit Moon
The first U.S. manned sub-orbital space flight is completed with Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. inside a Mercury capsule launched 116.5 miles above the earth from Cape Canaveral, Florida. -
John Glenn
John Glenn became the first U.S. astronaut to orbit in the friend ship 7 capsule. he circle the earth three times before returning to earth. -
Gemin Mission
Gemin missions paved the way to the moon -
Orbit Earth
M. Scott Carpenter was the second to orbit earth
