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Nasa is born
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established in 1958, which started the pioneering of space travel. -
The Pioneer I, took the First NASA launch.
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Launch of The Vangaurd 2, a scientific space vessel.
NASA launched the Vanguard 2, the first successful launch of a scientific satellite. http://history.nasa.gov/40thann/define.htm
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Launch of the Pioneer 4, first sucessful lunar flyby.
3 Mar. 1959 The United States sent Pioneer 4 to the Moon, successfully making the first U.S. lunar flyby. http://history.nasa.gov/40thann/define.htm
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Flying Monkeys
NASA launches two monkeys, Able and Baker, in a suborbital flight. The flight is successful, testing the capability to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and to recover spacecraft in the Atlantic Ocean. http://history.nasa.gov/40thann/define.htm
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Birth of TIROS 1
NASA launched TIROS 1, the first successful meteorological satellite, observing Earth's weather. http://history.nasa.gov/40thann/define.htm
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Transit 1B expierement
NASA launches Transit 1B, the first experimental orbital navigation system. http://history.nasa.gov/40thann/define.htm
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Mercury 1's journeies
NASA launched Mercury 1, the first Mercury-Redstone capsule-launch vehicle combination. http://history.nasa.gov/40thann/define.htm
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Mercury 2 and Ham
NASA launched Mercury 2, a test mission with a chimpanzee named Ham went in flight in suborbital space. Ham and his capsule was successfully recovered. http://history.nasa.gov/40thann/define.htm
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Americans in space
Freedom 7, the first piloted Mercury spacecraft carrying Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., was launched from Cape Canaveral by MercuryRedstone launch vehicle, to an altitude of 302 miles. It was the first American space flight involving human beings. http://history.nasa.gov/40thann/define.htm
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Moon Photos
NASA launched Ranger 1, with the mission of photographing and mapping part of the Moon's surface. http://history.nasa.gov/40thann/define.htm
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Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
NASA Administrator James E. Webb announced on this date that the site of the NASA center dedicated to human space flight would be Houston, Texas. This became the Manned Spacecraft Center. http://history.nasa.gov/40thann/define.htm
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Saturn I Rocket
Nasa completed the launch of the Saturn I rocket. http://history.nasa.gov/40thann/define.htm
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Americans Orbiting Earth
John Glenn became the first American to circle the Earth, making three orbits in his Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft. http://topics.time.com/John-Glenn
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Signals In Space
Telstar l: NASA launch of the first privately built satellite (for communications). First telephone and television signals carried via satellite. http://www.space.com/19756-telstar.html
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Wally Chirra Orbits Earth Multiple Times
Astronaut Wally Schirra flew six orbits in the Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7. http://www.nndb.com/people/941/000022875/
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