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anything before is pre- space race and anything after is post space race
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The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first man-made satellite which made one revolution every 90 minutes
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Sputnik 2, carrying Laika the dog, was launched by the USSR. Laika later died shortly after liftoff due to complications in the shuttle like overheating and stress
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After two failed attempts the United States finally successfully launched their first Satellite, Explorer 1 into space
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Although communication was lost in 1964 it remains as the oldest Satellite that is still in space.
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Luna 1, the first human made satellite to orbit the moon, was launched by the USSR.
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The first space walk was conducted by Alexei A. Leonov for a duration of 12 minutes aboard the Soviet Vostok 2 . -
Edward White made the first U.S. space walk with a total time of 22 minutes aboard the Gemini 4.
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Soviet Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon
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Soviet Venera 3, the first spacecraft to reach another planet, landed onto Venus but It failed to return data.
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Soviet Luna 10 was the first spacecraft to orbit the moon.
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Aug. 14, 1966 U.S. Lunar Orbiter 1 took the first picture of the Earth from the distance of the moon
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Soviet Soyuz 1 crashed,the first human space flight fatality, killing Vladimir M. Komarov.
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Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. aboard Apollo 11 made the first staffed soft landing on the moon and the first moonwalk
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Soviet Luna 16 was launched, which conducted the first successful return of lunar soil samples of an automatic spacecraft.
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Apollo 14 moon mission was launched by the United States. The main purpose was to explore the moon and transport lunar material. Alan Shepard becomes the first person to hit a golf ball on the moon.
