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Soviet Union launches Sutnik 1.
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U.S. launches Explorer 1 from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
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NASA is formed by Congress after the National Aeroaustics and Space Act is passed.
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Tiros 1, the 1st succesful weather satellite was launched by the U.S.S.R.
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A Chimpanzee made a 18 minute flight in a mercury capsule.
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Luna 9 was the 1st space craft to have a soft, luna landing. The space craft landed on oceanus procellarum.
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Apollo 11 launches.
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Astronauts Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin & Neil Armstrong become the 1st men to walk on the moon.
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Apollo 17 was the last or most recent bt the U.S. The misson took about 12 days and no one had returned from the moon since.
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Mars Exploration Rover Spirit & Opprunity launch.
