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was the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth's orbit by the USSR. Put them ahead in the space race.
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The 1st American satellite to reach orbit, was launched. It carried scientific equipment that lead to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt.
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Luna 1 was launched by the USSR. It is the first man made object to orbit the Sun.
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Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth once and becomes the first man in space. Was a hero of the Soviets and advanced them forward past the U.S.
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Alan B. Shepard becomes the second person and first American in space.
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Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
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Alexei Leonov spends 12 minutes outside of his Voskhod spacecraft performing the first spacewalk.
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Becomes the first satellite to orbit the Moon.
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Enters orbit around the Moon and takes the first picture of the Earth from that distance.
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The last flight of the Gemini Program, launches with James Lovell and Buzz Aldrin aboard.
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Soyuz 1 was manned by Vladimir Komarov. It was the first of the Soyuz series. On its return back to Earth, technical problems caused a crash and the death of Vladimir.
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Apollo 8 was the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon. It was a three man crew containing Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders. The mission took three days and took 10 orbits in 20 hours.
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Was launched, and was the fourth manned mission in the American Apollo space program. Apollo 10 set the record for the highest speed attained by a manned vehicle at 39,897 km/h.
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Apollo 11 was the first flight that took men to the moon and was accomplished by the United States. The U.S. had beat the Soviets to the moon
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was the eleventh and final manned mission in the American Apollo space program.
