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Lanuch of Sputnik 1
The launch of Sputnik l spurred the US to launch its satelites and begin space in earnest. It also marked the begining of competition of the US and the USSR to have dominance it in space. -
Explorer 2 is launced but it fails to reach obit
They were falling behind on their work so thats why it failed to reach obit when they tried to launch it two times. -
Luna 2 is launched
Luna 2 is launched. It impacts the Moon on becoming the first man-made object and its impotant because it is talking about the first man in the moon. -
Tiros 1, the first successful weather satellite, is launched
The first successful weatjer satellite is launched because it says to test experimental television techniques designed to develop a worldwide meteorological satellite information system. -
First Human in Space
The first human in space fact is important because Yuri Gagarin was the first person to put foot in the moon for the first time. -
John Glenn orbits the earth three times
John Glenn makes the first U.S. manned orbital flight because it was the first time that a human made it back on Earth safe. -
First women in space
The first women in space is important because it talks about that she spends three days in space and this is the first time too spacecraft pass this close together while it orbits the moon. -
First space walk
Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov takes the first space walk, a ten minute tethered excursion outside Voshkod 2 this is important because it talks about the first human to space walk. -
New space craft
The crew of Apollo 7 begin a 10 day mission to study the new spacecraft because a perfect launch, and its first stage dropped off two minutes, 25 seconds later, about five minutes later, and elliptical orbit was achieved. -
First men to walk on the moon
The first men to walk on the moon was Apollo Program this is important because it says launched from pad 39A an don th eight day mission took the crew on a 935,000 mile journey to another world.