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Sputnik I
1st artificial satellite in space -
Alan B. Shepard
first U.S. citizen in space -
Yuri A. Gagarin
first human in space -
Mariner 2
destination: venus -
John Glenn
first U.S. citizen to orbit the earth -
Surveyor
landed gently on the moon's surface indicating that the moon's surface could support spacecrafts and humans -
Apollo 11
final stage of the U.S. program to reach the moon, landed on the Earth's surface -
Pioneer 10
destination: jupiter -
Viking 1
destination: mars -
Magellan
destination: Venus