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Launching of Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth's orbit. -
The launching of Explorer 1
Explorer 1 was the first American satalite to reach orbit, it led to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt -
Launching of Luna 1
The Luna 1 was the first man made object to orbit the sun. -
Luna 2 is launched
Luna 2 was the first man made object to impact the moon -
Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth once
Yuri Gagarin was the first human to travel into outer space -
Alan B. Shepard goes into space
Alan B. Shepard was the first American to be launched into space -
Valentina Tereshkova goes into space
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to be launched into space -
Ranger 7 launching
Ranger 7 transmitted the first close range pictures of the moon -
Alexei Leonov walks in space
Alexei Leonov left his ship for 12 minutes in order to perform the first spacewalk -
Luna 9 soft-lands on the moon
Luna 9 was the first man made space craft to perform a soft landing on the moons surface -
Lunar Orbiter 1 launched
Lunar Orbiter 1 entered the orbit around the moon and took the first picture of earth from that distance -
Apollo 8 is launched
Apollo 8 was the first manned journey from the Earth to the moon -
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men to walk on the moon. -
First Precision Lunar landing
Pete Conrad and Alan Bean perform the first precision lunar landing -
Apollo 17's return from the moon
Apollo 17 was the last manned mission in the American Apollo Space Program
