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Sputnik 1
Soviet Union sent a satellite up into space, which showed that the Soviets could launch warheads. This sparked the Space Race between the Soviet Union and the US. (www.thespacerace.com
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Tiros 1
Tiros 1 is launched and is successful. It is the first successful weather satellite. (www.thespacerace.com
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First Man in Space
Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth once and becomes the first man in space, (www.thespacerace.com
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President Kennedy Speech
President Kennedy announces and challenges the nation to go to the Moon before the decade ends. (www.thespacerace.com
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L. Gordon Cooper
L. Gordon Cooper is in space for 34 hours, and is the last astonaut to go alone (www.thespacerace.com
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Ranger 7
Ranger 7 transmits the first close range images of the Moon. (www.thespacerace.com
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Apollo 1
Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee are killed when Apollo 1 ignites on fire while performing a test. (www.thespacerace.com
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Soyuz 1
Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov is killed when the parachutes of Soyuz 1 cpsule fail to open properly at re-entry. (www.thespacerace.com
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Zond 5
Zond 5 is launched, carrying a biological payload around the Moon and returned to Earth after 6 days. (www.thespacerace.com
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Manned Journey to the Moon
Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders go on the first manned journey from Earth to the Moon. They take turns reading Genesis in a broadcast heard over the world. (www.thespacerace.com
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First Man on Moon
Niel Armstrong is the first US man on the Moon. Buzz Aldrin is the second. (www.thespacerace.com
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600 feet from Surveyor 3
Pete Conrad and Alan Bean perform the first precision lunar landing, touching down 600 feet from Surveyor 3. (www.thespacerace.com
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