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Sputnik 1, the first human made object to orbit the Earth, was
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Sputnik 2, carrying a dog, was launched by the USSR. It
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vanguard 1 satellite was launched into orbit . Althoughcommunication with it was lost in 1964, it still remains the oldesthuman made satellite still in orbit
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NASA was founded . NASA has pushed the boundaries of human explorations .
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Both American and Russian scientists were in a race to get a spacecraft to the Moon; the Russians made it first.
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Luna 2 was launched and hit the moon on September 13,becoming the first human made object to hit the moon.
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Discoverer XIV launched the first U.S camera equipped corona spy satellite
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He is a Russian. The first human in space, making a 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft.
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Mercury Freedom 7 carried Alan Shepard, the first U.S.astronaut into space in a suborbital flight .
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Vostok 2 was launched by the USSR carrying Gherman Titov,
the first day long Soviet space flight. -
Vostok 2 was launched by the USSR carrying Gherman Titov The first day long Soviet space flight.
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Mercury Aurora 7 was launched with M. Scott Carpenter,making three orbits around .
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Vostok 6 carried Valentia Tereshkova , the first woman in space orbited the Earth 48 times .
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First staffed flight of the Gemini program, Gemini 3 carryingVirgil I , Grissom & John W. Young It made 3 orbitsaround the Earth
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apollo's 17 return from the moon . last three austronauts to travel to the moon splash down safely i n the pacific ocean .
