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Launch of Sputnik 1 by the soviet union
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carrying the dog Laika for 7 days in orbit of sputnik 2 is launched, by the soviet union
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n.A.S.A. is founded, taking over existing National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics
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first man-made satellite to orbit the moon, is launched by the U.S.S.R.
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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 its surface
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The US launches Discoverer XIV, its first camera equipped spy satellite.
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Vostok 1 is launched by the U.S.S.R carrying Cosmonaut Yuri A. Gargarin, the first man in space
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U.S. Mariner 2, the first successful planetary spacecraft, flies past Venus, and enters a solar orbit.
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Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space
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Venera 4 transmits data about the atmosphere of Venus.
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Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, dies in a plane crash.
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Apollo 13 is launched, suffering from explosions of oxegyn tanks and were not able to land on the moon
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Soviet Venera 7 is the first probe to soft-land on Venus, transmitting for 23 minutes.
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Apollo 17's return from the moon by the american
