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The Soviets launched the first satilite into space. The Soviet Union took the lead.
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The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2. The satilite was carrying a live dog into space,this was to prove living things can survive in space.
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The Explorer 1 was launched into space as a satite to observe the earth.
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The Explorer 2 is launched and it failed to reach orbit around the earth. They tryed but Explorer 2 failed at launch.
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Yuri Gargarin became the fitst man to be shot into space.
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John Glenn was the first human being to orbit the earth in the friendship 7.
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On June 16 1963 Valintina became the first women to go to space.
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In the apollo 11 3 astronauts Neal Armstrong, Buzz Alldrin were the first men on the moon and back
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The Soviet union and NASA began to work togeather on projects and missions to space. They worked on satilites and rockets. This marked the end of the historic space race.
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