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The first jet takes off (Heinkel HE 178)
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Jets to Spacecraft
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U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager becomes the fastest man alive when he pilots the Bell X-1 faster than sound for the first time on October 14 over the town of Victorville, California.
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Boeing makes the B-52 bomber. It has eight turbojet engines, intercontinental range, and a capacity of 500,000 pounds.
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The first orbiting object was launched into space (Sputnik I)
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First man was put in space in the Vostok I