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This is a soviet satellite that became the first man made object in space.
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This is the second man made object in space however it carried a small dog named Laika into orbit
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This is the first american satellite launched into space.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA is formed. It is the United States space program.
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This was a satellite lanched by The Soviet Union that became the first man made object to enter an orbit around the sun.
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Pioneer Four is sent on a earth to moon trajectory and passes within 37,000 of the moon.
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Luna Two becomes the first man made object to orbit the sun.
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Luna Three photographs 70 percent of the moons surface orbiting it once.
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Tiros One is the first succesful weather satellite.
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John F. Kennedy is elected president of the United States.
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Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to enter space orbitng the earth once before rentering the earth's atmosphere.
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Alan Shepard becomes the first american in space.
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JFK challenges the United States to go to the moon before the end if the decade.
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President John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
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Alexi Leonov perfoms the world's first space walk.
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Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong become the first people to land on the moon ultimately ending the space race.
