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The soviet launched the first artificial satellite
It was launched from Moscow at the Tyuratam launch base in the Kazakh Republic. It was the first satellite to be launched in to space. -
NASA was founded
NASA was founded in the United States by Dwight D. Eisenhower. -
Apollo mission starts
They started a new program called the Apollo mission to put the first man on the moon. -
The soviets launched the first person into space
It was launched from Baikonur, Commodore. The first person was Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin to be launched into space. -
JFK stands and speaks to congress
JFK stood before congress and told them that he wanted an additional $7 billion to $9 billion for the next five years for the space program. -
Launched Apollo 8
Apollo 8 launched and did an Orbit and return and returned to Earth on December 27 1968. It was one of their first Apollo missions to launch. -
Apollo 11 launched
They launched Apollo 11 on July 16 1969. It landed on the Moon July 20 1969. It returned to Earth on July 24 1969. The crew was Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. -
NASA launched the Cassini mission
In 1997 NASA launched the Cassini mission which they sent a probe to Saturn to study the gas giant and the research coming to an end in 2017. A team of 28 people from all over the world to build it in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. -
Juno mission launches
Juno launched in July 4, 2016 which was another probe but this time it was to study Jupiter. Again the Jet Propulsion Laboratory build the probe and the principal investigator Scott Bolton and he is from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.
