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Sputik is launchd into space
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N.A.S.A is founded
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Tiros 1, first successful weather sattilite is launched
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U.S. ranger 7 relys first close ranged photographs of the moon
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soviet luna is the first space craft to soft-land the moon
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pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to travel through the astroid belt
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einstein observatory begins its 30-day mission
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soviet salyut 7 space station is launched
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voyager 2 completes is fly-by of saturn
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voyager 2 flys past uranus