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Beginning
The Soviets launched the first artificial satellite, sputnik 1, into space. -
1st Explorer
The first satellite explorer went into orbit. -
First American
Alan Shepard became the first American to fly into space. -
First to Orbit
Russian Lt, Yuri Gagarin became the first to orbit the Earth in Vostok 1. -
First man on the Moon.
Landing a man on the moon and returning him safetly within a decade was a goal set by John F. Kennedy. -
First American to Orbit Earth
John Glen's historic fight made him the first American to Orbit Earth. -
Lunar Orbiter 1
Lunar orbiter 1 enters orbit around the moon and takes the first picture of the Earth from distance. -
Edward Givens
Astronaut, Edward Given, died in an automobile accident that day. -
Man on the Moon
Astronaut Neil Armstrong took a step for mankind on the moon. -
Neil Armstrong died.
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died that year.