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Sputnik 1
This was the first satelite in space,launched by the Soviet Union -
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Space Race
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Sputnik 2
Soviet Union launches first animal in space,this was important because Laika the dog showed us that if a animal could go in space so could a human -
Explorer 1
Explorer 1 went into orbit -
Vostok 1
Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space launched by the Soviet Union -
Freedom 7
Alan B. Shepard first american in space -
Vostok 5
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space -
Friendship 7
John Glenn was the first man to orbit earth -
Mercury Atlas 6
John Glenn orbits earth 3 times -
Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin First on the moon -
Cosmos 954
Soviets satelite crashes,after they never made another attempt to go to the moon