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Sputnik 1, first object in space
The U.S.S.R. launched the first man-made object into space. -
Sputnik 2
Sputnik 2 was in orbit for 7 days and was launched by the U.S.S.R. It was in orbit until April 13,1958. -
Explorer 1
The Explorer One was the first U.S. satellite in obit. -
Explorer 2
The USA attempted to launch explorer two into obit with a Jupiter-C rocket and failed. -
Luna 1
The U.S.S.R. launched the first man-made satellite into space to orbit the moon. -
Tiros 1
The U.S. finally successfully launched a weather satellite. -
Discoverer XIV launched
The first U.S. camera-equipped Corona spy satellite. -
Vostok 1
The U.S.S.R. launches Cosmonaut Yuri A. Gargarin into space as the first man in space. He orbited the moon one time. -
Mercury Freedom 7
The United States launched the first Astronaut into space in a suborbital flight. His name was Alan B. Shepard. -
Vostok 6
Vostok 6 took the first woman, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova, into space and orbited the Earth 48 times. -
U.S. Ranger 7
The Ranger 7 went up into space and took the first ever close-range photographs of the moon. -
Gemini 4
Edward White II was the first man to walk from Gemini 4. He's American. -
Soviet Luna 9
Luna 9 was the first spaceship to soft-land on the moon. -
Soviet Venera 3
It impacted on venus and was the first rocket to reach another planet. Sadly, the rocket did not return data. -
Apollo 13
Apollo 13 was launched and its SM Oxygen tanks exploded. The moonlanding was abandoned and the crew returned to Earth safely.
