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US launched the First Television Infrared Observation Satellite
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Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to circle eath
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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.
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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.
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Gemin missions paved the way to the moon
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M. Scott Carpenter was the second to orbit earth
