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Launch of Sputnik 1
[The space race](www.thespacerace.com/timeline/)Sputnik spurred the U.S to launch it's own satelites. This began the competition between the U.S and the soviet union. -
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The first and last events of the space race
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Explorer 1 is launched by the U.S
[Space Race](www.thespacerace.com/timeline/)The U.S had finally began their fight to win The Space Race. -
U.S.S.R launched Luna 2
[nasa](nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov)Luna 2 makes it to the Moon being the first man made object to make it there. -
The U.S launches Discoverer XIV
[space](www.space.com)The U.S launches the first camera equipted satelite to go into space, called the Discoverer XIV -
Yuri Gagarin orbits in space
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Yuri Gargarin was the first man to orbit into space. -
John Glen orbits Earth 3 times
[space](www.space.com)John glen was the first American lainched into space, and also the oldest man ever launched. -
Astronaut Theadore Freeman dies in rocket crash
[nasa](www.jsc.nasa.gov)
T-38 was rhe first aircraft to crash with a group of humans in it. That event made scientists further study into making space flight safer. -
U.S.S.R launches Luna 10
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U.S.S.R launches luna 10 becoming the first satelite to orbit the moon. -
The U.S launches Appollo 7 on a mission
[nasa](www.nasa.gov)
The crew in Appollo 7 launch into space on a 10 day mission to study spacecraft. -
First Moon Walk
[nasa](www.nasa.gov)
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the Moon when the U.S launched Appollo 11. When it reached the Moon Neil Armstong walked on the Moon, he was the first man to walk on the Moon. This was the beginning of the end of the space race.
