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The USSR launches the world's first ever Satellite into space.
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USSR succesfully launches their second satelite into space, this time with a dog named Laika, she does not survive the trip.
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The 3rd and final "Sputnik" series sattelite is launched into space, at this time the United States has only produced a single satellite, the Explorer-1.
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The Luna-1 is the first spacecraft to ever break past Earth's orbit.
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First artificial object to reach the moon.
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The Luna-3 was intended to take photographs and reached the far-side of the moon and sent back the very first images to Soviety scientists.
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A total of 20 pilots are gathered to train for a manned flight.
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Yuri Gagarin is the first man in space, in a spacecraft called "Vostok".
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Two spacecrafts, both manned, were orbiting the earth at this time.
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After two previous failures, including it's failure in Earth's orbit and then it's failure to even reach orbit, The Lander was off-course and misses the moon.
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The Voshkod spacecraft was the first to orbit earth with a manned crew of 3.
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Alexei Leonov became the first man to ever work outside a spacecraft in space, also called a "spacewalk".
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After several previous failures, the Luna-9 spaceprobe was finally the one to softly find it's way to the moon.
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Vladimir Komarov becomes the first human to die during spaceflight, an incident he unfortunately won't remain alone in.
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After much failure and delay, the N1-L3 rocket program is finally canceled, essentially a representation to the end of the space race.
