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The Sputnik 1 was the first artificial earth satellite
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Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into Earth's orbit. This mission also included the first dog that travelled to space, Laika
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Explorer 1 was the first United States satellite to enter Earth's orbit.
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The Vanguard 1 was the second US satellite to reach orbit. It functioned for 3 years. It was also solar powered.
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The third Russian Satellite, Sputnik 3 was launched into orbit.
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NASA is formed as a branch of the US government, the sole purpose is to research space. This replaces NACA
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Pioneer 1 was the first spacecraft launched by the newly formed NASA.
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Luna 1 was launched by Russia. It was the first man-made object to orbit the sun.
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The Pioneer 4 was launched by NASA, it passes within 37,000 miles of the moon.
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Luna 2 was launched by Russia. It became the first man-made object to impact the moon's surface.
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Luna 3 was launched by the Russians. It orbited the moon and photographed 70% of the surface.
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Tiros 1 was the first weather satellite launched by the United States.
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The Discoverer XIV was the first camera equipped spy satellite launched by the United States.
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Yuri Gagarin, from Russia, becomes the first man in space. He orbited earth.
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Alan B. Shepard became the first man in space aboard the Mercury spacecraft
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L. Gordon Cooper was the last American to fly in space alone.
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Ranger 7 was the first American probe to transmit close up pictures of the moons surface.
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The Russian cosmonaut, Alexei Leonov, performed the first spacewalk, where he spent 12 minutes outside his spacecraft.
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Ed White performs the first American spacewalk. He was in the Gemini capsule.
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Mariner 4 sent NASA close up pictures of Mars
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Venus 3 is launched. It is the first man-mad object to impact the surface of Venus
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Luna 9 is the first spacecraft to land softly on the moon's surface.
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Luna 10 becomes the first satellite to orbit the moon. This is a Russian satellite
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Surveyor 1 becomes the first American craft to land softly on the moon's surface.
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Lunar Orbiter 1 took the first picture of Earth from the Moon.
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This flight contained the first humans to leave low earth orbit.
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the moon.
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First soft landing on the planet of Venus
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During the Apollo 15 mission to the moon, the crew drove the first vehicle on the moon.
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The ASTP was a joint operation between the United States and Russia. In this flight, the Apollo Command and Service Module with the Soviet Soyuz 19.
