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Launching of Sputnik I
USSR lauches the first Satellite- 1 into Space, to be put in Earths orbit. -
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Space Race!!
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Laika
Laika was a Soviet Space dog, and the first dog to orbit Earth. -
Explorer 1
Explorer I is the first American satellite lauched in to Space to be put in Earths Orbit like Sputnik I. Then America found out about Van Allen radiation belt. -
USSR Luna Photographs
Luna 3 orbits the Moon and photographs 70% of its surface. -
New American President
John F. Kennedy is elected the 35th President of the United States. -
Orbiting the Earth
John Glenn orbits the Earth three times. -
First woman in Space
Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space. -
Pictures of Mars
Mariner 4 returns close ranger images of Mars. -
USSR luna 9
Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to achieve a lunar soft landing and to transmit photographic data from the Moon's surface to Earth, preceding the U.S. Surveyor 1 soft lander by about 4 months. -
USSR Satellite Luna 10
Luna 10 becomes the first satellite to orbit the Moon. -
Astronaut killed
American Astronaut Edward Givens dies in a horrible automobile accident. -
Data From Venus
USSR Venera 4 transmits data about the atmosphere of Venus. -
Genesis read in Space
Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders begin the first manned journey from the Earth to the Moon. On Christmas Eve they take turns reading Genesis in a broadcast heard around the world. -
First Men to walk on the Moon
Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon while crewmate Michael Collins orbits around the Moon alone. -
Apollo 17 returns from the moon.
Apollo 17 was the last mission to the moon.
