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The USSR launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit earth.
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The first animal in space was a dog named Laika
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The first successful satellite launched by the US.
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The US congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Ham the Chimp was sent into space with the goal of suborbital space by the US.
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Yuri Gagarin was launched into orbit and became the first man in space, he completed 1 orbit.
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JFK announced his goal of sending an American safely to the Moon before the end of the decade.
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John Glenn was the first American man to orbit earth. He orbited 3 times before returning to Earth.
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The first EVA was performed by Alexei Leonov who spent 12 minutes and 9 secs outside of theVoskhod 2 spacecraft.
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Ed White was the first US astronaut to perform EVA.
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Completed by James Lovell and Frank Borman on Gemini 7 and Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford on Gemini 6-A
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A NASA T-38 crashes killing Elliot See and Charles Basset.
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The first successful dual launch and docking completed by Neil Armstrong and David Scott.
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Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin demonstrated that astronauts can work outside of a spacecraft.
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During the launch rehearsal there was a cabin fire that killed Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee.
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The first three-person American Crew to launch in space. Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, Walter Cunningham was the crew.
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Frank Borman , James Lovell,and William Anders were the first to orbit the Moon and return to Earth.
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The first flight of the full Apollo spacecraft with the command and service module with the Lunar module. The crew was James McDivitt, David Scott and Russell Schweickart.
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The "dress rehearsal' for the moon landing. The crew was Thomas Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cernan.
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The first space flight that landed humans on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men on the Moon accompanied by Michael Collins.