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Launch Sputnik 1 -
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Launch Sputnik 2 which carrys a dog into orbit -
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Explorer 1 first American satellite to reach orbit -
U.S.
Explorer 2 is launched but fails to reach orbit. -
U.S.
Vanguard 1 satellite launched it orbits for 3 years -
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Sputnik 3 launched -
U.S.
NASA is formed and replaces NACA -
U.S.
Pioneer 1 go's up 70,700 miles -
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Luna 1 first to orbit the sun -
U.S.
Pioneer 4 launched 37,00 miles from the moon before going into solar orbit -
U.S.
Mercury seven astronauts picked -
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Luna 2 first man made object to come in contact with the moon -
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Luna 2 first man made object to come in contact with the moon -
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Luna 3 takes pictures of 70% of the moon -
U.S.
Tiros 1 first successful weather satellite -
U.S.
Discoverer XIV first camera equipped with a spy satellite -
U.S.
John F. Kennedy is elected the 35th president -
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Yuri Gagarin is the first man in space -
U.S.
Alan B Shepard is the first american in space -
U.S.
JFK says we need to go to the moon before the end of the decade -
U.S.
Liberty Bell capsule lost when it fills with water and sinks -
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German Titov spends a day in space -
U.S.
NASA announces Gemini Project -
U.S.
Jenn Glenn orbits Earth 3 times -
U.S.
JFK gives a speech talking about the importance of the moon program -
U.S.
NASA selects second group of astronauts -
U.S.
Walter Schirra orbits Earth 6 times -
U.S.
Mariner 2 flies past Venus and enters solar orbit -
U.S.
L. Gordon Cooper spends 34 hours in space and is the last man in space alone -
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Valentia Tereshkova is the first woman in space -
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Valentia Tereshkova is the first woman in space -
U.S.
NASA picks the 3rd group of astronauts -
U.S.
JFK is assassinated -
U.S.
Range 7 gets the first close images of the moon -
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Alexei Leonov is the first person to space walk -
U.S.
Gus Grissom and John Young fly the first manned Gemini spacecraft -
U.S.
Ed White performs first american spacewalk -
U.S.
Mariner 4 takes close range images of Mars -
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Venus 3 launches -
U.S.
Frank Borman and James Lovell start a two week orbit around Earth on board of Gemini 7 -
U.S.
Gemini 6 makes first space rendezvous to Gemini 7 -
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Luna 9 first spacecraft to soft land on the moon -
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Luna 10 first to orbit the moon -
U.S.
Lunar Orbiter orbits around the moon and takes first picture of Earth from that distance -
U.S.
Gemini 12 launches with James Lovell and Buzz Aldrin -
U.S.
Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee killed when fire ignites in Apollo 1 -
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Vladimir Komarov is killed when a parachute fails to open -
U.S.
Venera 4 collects data about the atmosphere of Venus -
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Zond 5 is launched -
U.S.
Apollo 7 starts a 10 day mission to study a new spacecraft -
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Soyuz 4 & 5 make the first Soviet docking -
U.S.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are the first men to walk on the moon. Michael Collins orbits around the moon alone -
U.S.
Pete Conrad and Alan Bean perform first lunar landing