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Space Race Starts
USSR vs. US -
Launch of Sputnik I
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First living creature in orbit
Laika, a mixed-breed dog, was the first living creature in orbit -
NASA formed
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Frst artificial object to reach another celestial body
Done by Luna 2 -
First Human Spaceflight
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US achieved Orbital flight
John Glenn's Mercury-Atlas 6 orbited the Earth on 20 February 1962. -
First woman in space
Valentina Tereshkova aboard Vostok 6 -
First Spacewalk
Done by Aleksei Leonov -
First spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on a planet other than earth
Done by the Luna 9 spacecraft -
First Humans on the Moon
US landing of the first humans on the Moon on Apollo 11 -
First Moon landing by Apollo 11
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First space station
Launched by the Soviet Union -
Closest approach to Uranus
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China first launched a person into space
Yang Liwei aboard the Shenzhou 5 -
STS-133 launched