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the russians launch sputnik 1.
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this timeline is events about what happened when the space race was going on.
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the russians launch sputnik 2.
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we launch explorer 1 into space.
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explorer 2 was launched into space.
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vanguard 1 was launched and fuctioned for 3 years.
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sputnik 3 was launched.
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pioneer 1 was launched to a hieght of 70,700 miles
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khrshcev demands withdrawels of troops.
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luna 1 is launched by the USSR. it is the first man-made object to orbit the sun
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pioneer 4 is launched on a earth-moon trajectory. it passed within 37,000 miles of the moon before falling into solar orbit.
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luna 2 is launched. it impacts the moon on september 13, becoming the first man-made object to do so.
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luna 3 orbits the moon and photographs 70% of it's surface.
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soviet union annouces that they accendentialy shot down a u.s spy plane.
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alan b. shepard was the first american man in space
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Yuri Gagarin obits earth once and becomes the first man in space.
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Gherman Titov spends a day in space aboard the vostok 2
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berlin wall closed for construction
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the construction of the berlin wall begins.
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walter schirra orbits the earth 6 times
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cosmonuat valentia tereshkova becomes the first women in space
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china devolps the a-bomb
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u.s. marines were sent to dominican replublic to fight communism.
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announced the dispatching of 200,000 u.s. troops to vietnam
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mariner 4 returns close ranger imges of mars.
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luna 10 becomes the first satelite to orbit the moon
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venera 4 trasmits data about the atmosphere of of venus.
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the crew of apollo 7 begin a ten day mission to study a new spacecraft.
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neil armstrong and edwin buzz aldrin become the first men to walk onthe moon while crewmate michael collins orbits around the moon alone.
