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Launching of Sputnik I -USSR
Russia launched the first satellite into space; Sputnik 1, and the space age had properly begun . -
Laika Sent out to space -USSR
The Russian space dog Laika became the first animal to orbit the earth -
lost communication - USA
Vanguard 1 satellite was launched into orbit . Although
communication with it was lost in 1964, it still remains the oldest
human made satellite still in orbit -
NASA -USA
NASA was founded . NASA has pushed the boundaries of human explorations . -
human made satellite -USSR
Luna 1, the first human made satellite to orbit the moon, was
launched by the USSR. -
LAUNCHED & Fallen -USA
Pioneer 4 was launched and fell into a solar orbit, becoming the
first U.S. sun orbiter . -
Russians make it first . -USSR
Both American and Russian scientists were in a race to get a spacecraft to the Moon; the Russians made it first -
Human object made it to the moon - USSR
Luna 2 was launched and hit the moon on September 13,
becoming the first human made object to hit the moon. -
luna 3 launched - USSR
Luna 3 translunar satellite was launched , orbiting the moon and
photographing 70% percent of the far side of the moon . -
fist US camera - USA
Discoverer XIV launched the first U.S camera equipped corona spy satellite . -
First Us austronaut - USA
Mercury Freedom 7 carried Alan Shepard, the first U.S.
astronaut into space in a suborbital flight . -
soviet space flight - USSR
Vostok 2 was launched by the USSR carrying Gherman Titov The first day long Soviet space flight. -
3 orbits - USA
Mercury Aurora 7 was launched with M. Scott Carpenter,
making three orbits around . -
First Woman in Space ? - USSR
Vostok 6 carried Valentia Tereshkova , the first woman in space orbited the Earth 48 times . -
Gemini 3 - 3 orbits - USA
First staffed flight of the Gemini program, Gemini 3 carrying
Virgil I , Grissom & John W. Young It made 3 orbits
around the Earth -
Return from the moon -
apollo's 17 return from the moon . last three austronauts to travel to the moon splash down safely i n the pacific ocean .