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The beginning of the space exploration age to the Moon Landing.
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!st official satelite put into space by the U.S.S.R. The U.S feared that the U.S.S.R. had the technology to deliver a nuclear warhead via the R-7 Rocket. Space Exploration Packet
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Laika the space dog was launched into space by the U.S.S.R into space aboard Sputnik 2 to see if humans could survive inside their spacecrafts in space. Space Exploration Packet
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The first official U.S. satelite was put into obit around the Earth. The U.S. didn't want to get behind the U.S.S.R., so this the Explorer 1 was launched very quickly after Sputnik. Space Exploration Packet
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NASA(National Aeronautics and Space Administration) was formed, replacing NACA(National Advisory Commitee on Aeronautics).http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/
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The U.S.S.R. launches the first human into space, Yuri Gagarin, aboard the Vostok 7, and orbits the earth once. http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/
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Alan B. Shepard flies a spacecraft out of Earth's atmosphere to become the first American in Space. http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/
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John F. Kennedy challenges the U.S. to get to the moon before the end of the decade. http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/
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John Glenn flies up into space in the Friendship 7 and orbits around the Earth. Space Exploration Packet
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Three U.S. astronauts circle the moon. The first Human steps are taken on the moon by Neil Armstrong. He says as he walks onto the moon," That's one small step for man, One giant leap for mankind.http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/
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The unmanned spacecraft, the LUNA 15, crashes into the moon near the American moon landing sight/