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Launch of Sputnik 1
The Soviet Union sent Sputnik 1 into orbit.
It was a sattalite that was the size of a beachball
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Launch of Sputnik 2
It had the first living thing in it, the dog Laike which means
Barker in Russian and she lives for seven days and there is no way to bring her back alive. -
Launch of Explorer 1
The first satalitte with an onboard telementry system is launced into space and returns with data from space
The probe was on a Juno rocket when it entered orbit. -
Launch of Luna 1
The U.S.S.R launches Luna 1 into space it misses the moon but becomes the first artificial object to leave the earth.But becomes the first artificial object to leave earth orbit -
Launch of Discover 1
The first U.S spy satellite but it was not until Aug 11,1960 -
Launch of Luna 2
It was launched two days later and intentionlly crashed into the moon -
Launch of Venera
The Soviet Union launches Venera to Venus but the probe stops responding after a week
