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Space Exloration
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Sputnik 1
the first man-made object to orbit the Earth, is launched by the U.S.S.R., -
Sputnik 2
Sputnik 2, carrying the dog Laika for 7 days in orbit, is launched by the U.S.S.R -
Explorer 1
Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite in orbit, lifts off at Cape Canaveral using a modified ABMA-JPL Jupiter-C rocket. It carries a scientific experiment of James A. Van Allen, and discovers the Earth's radiation belt -
Explorer 2
Explorer 2 is launched by a Jupiter-C rocket, and fails to reach orbit. -
Tiros 1
Tiros 1, the first successful weather satellite, is launched by the U.S. -
Telstar 1
Telstar 1, U.S. satellite, beams the first live transatlantic telecast. -
Vostok 6
Vostok 6 carries Soviet Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova, the first woman in space and orbits the Earth 48 times -
Ranger 7
U.S. Ranger 7 relays the first close-range photographs of the Moon. -
Gemini 3
First manned flight of the Gemini program, Gemini 3 carrying Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young. Made three orbits around the earth. -
luna 10
Soviet Luna 10 is the first spacecraft to orbit the moon -
Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. make the first manned soft landing on the Moon, and the first moonwalk, using Apollo 11. -
Luna 17
Luna 17 lands on the moon, with the first automatic robot, Lunokhod 1. Driven by a five-man team on earth, traveled over surface for 11 days. -
Soviet Venera 7
Soviet Venera 7 is the first probe to soft-land on Venus, transmitting for 23 minutes
