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first satellite launch
soviet union launches the satellite sputnik in to space -
second satellite launch
soviet russia launches sputnik 2, this time with a live dog named laika in it however she did not survive the voyage -
first U.S. satellite launch
explorer 1 launched into orbit -
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launch of sputnik 5
soviet union launches sputnik 5 with 2 live dogs strelks and belka, they became the first livinging beings to survive a trip into space -
first human in space
russian cosmonaut yuri gagarin became the first human in space -
first american in space
astronaut alan shepard became the first american in space -
operation man on the moon
president kennedy challenged america to get a man to the moon within the next decade -
first american in orbit
jastronaut john glenn became thie first american in orbit -
first woman in orbit
Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova became the first woman in space. -
first man to walk in space
while tethered to his spacecraft, cosmonaut alexi leonov became the first man to walk in space -
first white american to walk in space
astronaut ed white becamae the first american to walk in space -
first picture of mars
mariner 4 transmitted the first picture of mars -
first spaceship to land on moon
russian spacecraft luna 9 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon -
first american spacecraft lands on the moon
surveyor1 is the first american spacecraft to land on the moon -
venus atmosphere
a descent capsule from the soviet probe venera 4 collected data about the atmosphere of venus -
apollo8
apollo8 was launched and her crewmembers became the first men to orbit the moon -
one small step
neil armstrong and buzz aldrin become the first men on the moon -
orbit of mars
mariner 9 is the first craft to orbit another planet -
launch of skylab
U.S. launched its first space station skylab
