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World's first artificial satellite.
First human made object to go to earth.
Remained in space until January 4, 1958
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Carried a bigger payload and a passenger. Carried the first dog in space. Was launched by USSR. Remained in orbit until April 13th, 1958.
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It was the first US satellite launched in orbit. It discovered the Earth's radiation belt.
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It failed to go to orbit.
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It was launched into orbit. It also remains the oldest human made satellite still in orbit.
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It was launched by USSR.
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It orbited the moon. It also photographed the moon.
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It was the first launched for NASA.
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Was the first human made satellite to orbit the moon. Launched by USSR.
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It fell into solar orbit. It became the first US sun orbiter.
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It hit the moon and became the first human made object to hit the moon.
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Was the first successful weather satellite launched by the US.
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It was the first US camera launched.
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He was the first person in space. He orbited the earth once.
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It was launched by USSR. It carried the cosmonaut Yuri.
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Carried Alan Shepherd, the first U.S. astronaut into space in a suborbital flight.
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Was launched by USSR carrying Gherman Titov,
the first day long Soviet space flight. -
Carried John Glenn Jr. He was the first american in orbit and orbited the earth 3 times.
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The US won the space race when Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong first landed on the moon even when the Soviet Union had the early lead which impacted the space race
