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Sputnik 1, the first human made object to orbit the Earth, was
launched by the USSR. It remained in space until January 4,
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November 3Sputnik 2, carrying a dog, was launched by the USSR. It
remained in orbit until April 13, 1958. 1957 the first dog went to go to the moon. -
Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite in orbit, was launched into
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Vanguard 1 satellite was launched into orbit. Although
communication with it was lost in 1964, it remains the oldest
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NASA was founded.
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1961 -Yuri Gagarin from the USSR becomes the first man in space on April 12. He was the first human to orbit the earth and see our planet from outer space.
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1962 - John Glenn, first American in orbit. He was the fifth man in space and circled the Earth 3 times in a flight lasting nearly 5 hours.
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L. Gordon Cooper spends 34 hours in space. He is the last American to fly in space alone.
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.Valentina Tereshkova was the first lady to go to outer space on the June 16 through June 19, 1963.
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On October 18, 1963 a cat went to outer space.
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Ranger 7 transmits the first close range images of the Moon.
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Alexei Leonov spends 12 minutes outside of his Voskhod spacecraft performing the first spacewalk.
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Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon.
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Venus 3 is launched. It becomes the first man made object to impact Venus on March 1, 1966.
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Luna 10 becomes the first satellite to orbit the Moon.
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Zond 5 is launched. It carried a biological payload (including two turtles) around the Moon and returned to Earth six days later
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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.
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Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon while crewmate Michael Collins orbits around the Moon alone.
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July 20 1969 Neil Armstrong was the first man to go to the moon.
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Pete Conrad and Alan Bean perform the first precision lunar landing, touching down just 600 feet from the Surveyor 3 probe that arrived two years earlier.
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