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In October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union launched its first satellite Sputnik I.
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In August 18, 1960 Discoverer XIV launches its first U.S Corona Spy Satellite.
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In April 12, 1961 USSR launches Vostok I which carried Yuri A. Gargarin the first man in space.
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In July 31, 1964 U.S Ranger 7 gets the first close-range photographs of the moon.
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In June 3, 1965 Edward White II makes the first U.S space walk from Gemini II.
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Surveyor 1 is the first U.S spacecraft to safety land on the moon.
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In September 15, 1968 Soviet Zond 5 was launched and was the first spacecraft to orbit the moon and safely come back.
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In July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. make the first moon walk, using spacecraft Apollo 11.
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In April 11, 1970 Apollo 13 is launched but then suffered an explotion in its oxygen tanks. The mission was aborted but luckily everyone got back safe.
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The first manned-mission of the space transportation system Columbia is completed and launched in to space.