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Launching of Sputnik I
It was the first artificial satellite to be put in Earth's orbit. It was launched into the elliptical low Earth orbit by the soviet Union. This happen during the Cold War. -
Soviet Union lanches Luna 2
On 1959, the Soviet Union decided to launch Luna 2 which was the first space probe thats hit the moon. They launched this space craft to the moon. They added more thing to Luna 2 then on Luna 1. -
First picture of Earth from orbit
On August 7, 1959 the first photograph of the Earth was tooken from the orbit of the moon. -
First humans in space
The Soviets and the Americans were trying to get the first human up in space. A soviet cosmonaut named Yuri Gagarin was launched in Earth's orbit in 1961. -
first american to orbit the earth
John Herschel Glenn was the first to orbit the Earth and he was very successfull. He was the third American to go to space. -
Russians being the first to land a space craft on the moon
The Russians were the first people to land a space craft on the moon on 1966. They furfilled a big accomplishment. -
The Soviet Moon Program
this program was made so that people could go up to space. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the final leg for the Moon Race. On 1969 Apollo 11 was getting ready to launch on the moon on July. The Apollo 11 had a commander and they were ready to go to the moon. -
The first active space communication satellite
This was the first satellite used to communicate in space. -
Apollo 17's return from the moon
This was a program that lead to the first people to be on the Earth's moon. The program Apollo 17 return on the moon on December 19, 1972. The people were able to come back safely from the return from the moon.