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Launch of Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 was the first satllite to orbit earth and Spured the U.S. to launch our own satellite -
Explorer 2 is launched but failed to reach orbit
Put pressure on us to keep up with the USSR because they had two satellites launched and we had one -
Luna 1 is launched by USSR. It became the first man-made object to orbit the sun
Luna 1 was important because it was the first man-made object to orbit around the sun. -
Tiros 1, the first successful weather satellite is launched.
Tiros 1, was impotant because it provided the first accurate forecast based on data garhered from space. -
Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth and becomes first man in space.
Yuri Gagarin was important because he was the first person in the world to go to space. The Soviets kept progressing and pushed the U.S. to keep progressing with them. -
Walter Schirra orbits the Earth six times.
Walter Schirra was important not just because he was the second man in space but he orbited the Earth SIX times thats 5 more than the first man in space. It also progressed the U.S.A. -
Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova was important because she progressed the USSR even more and became first woman in space. -
Ranger 7 transmits the first closerange images of the moon
Ranger 7 was the first satellites to take images on the moon and allowed the U.S.A. to study the moon by gathering data from Ranger 7 -
Alexi Leonov spends 12 minutes outside of Voskhod spacecraft
Alexi Leonov was the first man to preform a space wal and progrees the Soviet Union. -
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon while crewmate Michael Collins orbits around the moon
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the men to preform walking on the moon and was the largest flight which means no ones ever gone to space a group of three. Michael Collins orbited around the moon when Neil Armstron and Buzz Aldrin orbited around the moon