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Spuntik launched into space
October,4 1957 the USSR launched Spuntnik the first ever artificial satelite,it was also the first man made object to be placed into space the USSR was even capable of sending a nuclear warhead into U.S. air space. -
The first ever dog launched into space
November,3 1957 The USSR launched sputnik 2 into our orbit but sputnik 2 was diffrent from spuntik 1 because it carried a small dog named laika -
Explore 1
January,31 1958 Explorer 1 the first American satelitle reached orbit.This Explorer 1 carried equitment which will eventually lead to the diiscorvery of the Van Allen Belt. -
Luna 1 is launched
Luna 1 was launched by the USSR,it was also the first man-made object to orbit around the sun -
Tiros 1
Tiros 1 was one of the first ever weather satelite launched into our orbit or space. -
John F. Kennedy
The president John F. Kennedy challenged the whole nation to make it to the moon before the end of the decade. -
NASA SPACE PROGAM
The NASA space progam picked the second space group of astronauts to go into outer space. -
Last man in space
L.Gordan Cooper spent 34 hours in space,after this he was the last man to ever go back into space himself -
Theoder Freeman
Atronaut Theoder Freeman sadly died in a really bad plane crash -
First performed space walk
Alexei Leanov had spent 12 minutes outside of the spacecrafft he was in while he was out he performed the first ever space walk -
Lunar 1
Lunar 1 entered orbit around the earth and took a picture from that distance -
Edaward Givens
Astronaut Edward Givens was tragically killed while driving his automobile -
Zond 5
Zond 5 was launched into space it carried 2 turtles and a biological payload -
Apollo 7
Apollo 7 crew started a 10 day study of the new spacecraft -
First steps on the moon
Neil Armstrong and his partner Edwin Buzz became the two men to walk on the moon while their partner Michael Collins orbited around the moon alone.
