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The Soviet Union launched Sputnik one on October 4 of 1957. It was the first in a series of satellites collectively known as the Sputnik program
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It was the first American satellite to reach orbit that was launched. It carried scientific equipment that lead to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt.
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Explorer 2 was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. However, it failed to reach the orbit.
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John F. Kennedy is elected the 35th president of America.
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Aboard on Friendship 7, John Glenn was the first man to orbit the planet. He orbited around 3 times. It was a watershed moment for the U.S. space program.
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This was an American space probe to Venus. It was the first succesful spacecraft of the NASA Mariner program.
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Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon.
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Eugene Cernan was the man who walked on the moon with Apollo 17.
