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The Soviet Union succesfully launched the worlds first ever satelite. This satelite was about the size as a beach ball but weigh over 100 lbs. The satelite took 98 minutes to orbit the earth once.
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Laika, the very first animal to go into space wanted to show that it was possible for humans could live in space. Unfortunately Laika died after a few hours of travel because of a fire.
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After a few months of creating and build the first U.S. satelite, the satelite finally got sent into space. And the Space race began.
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The launch of Luna 1 was a success. Luna 1 was the first man made object to orbit the Sun.
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John F. Kennedy was elected as 35th president.
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Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space. Yuri showed that man-kind could live in space for a very long time.
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John Glenn orbited the Earth 3 times.
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The assassanation of John F. Kennedy. This was a very Histroical day in American History. Also a very depressing day too.
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon that day. This will always be a very historical day. Not were we the first to land on the moon and walk, we also won the "space race."
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Since we won the space race, that gave us bragging rights. The Russians started to help in ways. They also stopped the "cold war."
