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In 1957 "Sputnik" A soviet satellite that would orbit the earth, became the first man-made object in space, the launching of this object won the soviets the space race.
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In 1961, "Ham" the Chimpanzee astronaut became one of the most famous cases of animal testing during the space race when he was launched into space onboard a small shuttle, he ended up surviving his trip and spending the rest of his days in a small chimp colony.
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In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space when he launched off in "Vostok 1"
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The first space walk occured when Aleksy Leonov stepped out of their ship "Voskhod 2" -
The Apollo 11 launch started bringing the crew that was to land on the moon, to the moon.
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after the launch of Apollo 11, the crew landed on the moon and became the first people to implant their footprints on its surface.
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After landing on the moon, the crew launched their way back towards earth and completed their round journey.
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After the crew returned, scientists started examining the moon rocks they brought back
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On the Apollo 15 mission, James Irwin implanted an American flag on the moons surface
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The Pale Blue Dot was a photo take of earth from the voyager 1 spacecraft
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