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Soviets launch first satellite into space
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First animal in space
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First U.S. Satellite in space
The Explorer 1 launches into space
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NASA created
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is created
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First Animal in space by U.S.
Ham the space monkey launched into space
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First man in space by Soviets
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin launches into space
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First man to orbit Earth by Soviets
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin orbits after being first man in space
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First man in space by U.S.
Alan Shepard becomes first man in space from the U.S.
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JFK moon shot speech
JFK says America will go to the moon
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First man to orbit Earth by U.S.
John Glenn becomes the first man to orbit the Earth from the U.S.
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First man to do an EVA by Soviets
Alexei Leonov becomes first man to spacewalk
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Gemini 3 launched
First mission to launch with 2 men in the capsule
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First EVA by U.S.
Ed White becomes first American to spacewalk on board the Gemini 4
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Gemini 11 first rendezvous and docking
Gemini 11 successfully docks and returns home
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Apollo 1 goes up in flames
Apollo 1 catches fire inside a pressurized capsule killing all 3 astronauts inside
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Apollo 7
First crewed flight after the Apollo 1 disaster
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Apollo 8
Apollo 8 is the first manned mission to the moon
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Apollo 9
First test of the lunar module that will land on the moon
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Apollo 10
First dress rehearsal of the moon landing
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