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The soviet union launched Sputnik, the worlds first artificial satelite. Sputnik was also the first man made object in the Earths orbit.
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The United States launched it's first satelite called the Explorer 1. It was launched a year after USSR's first satelite.
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The Soviet Union Space Program launched Luna 2. Luna was the first probe to hit the mooon.
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Sergey Korolyov died. Sergey was the cheif engineer of the Soviet Union.
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Three American astronauts were killed when their spacecraft caught fire during a launch simulation.
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Apollo 8 launched, the first manned space mission to orbit the moon, from NASA (USA).
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United States astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins set off on Apollo 11 Space Mission, the first lunar landing attempt.
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Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk the surface of the moon. The famous quote, "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" -Neil Armstrong.
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The joint Apollo-Soyuz mission sent 3 US astronauts into space on Apollo, it docked in orbit with Soviet Union made Soyuz vehicle, the United States and Soviet Union greeted with the "handshake in space" symbolizing improvment of US and USSR relations in the late Cold War era.
