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Sputnik 1
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spacetravel
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Explorer 1 goes into orbit
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Tiros 1 the first sucsesful weather satellite is launched
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Mercury Friendship 7 lifts off with John Glenn jr.
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SovietZond5 reuturns from orbit around the moon
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Viking 2 lands on Mars
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Venera 13 lands on Venus and does a venusian soil analysis
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Voyager2 flies past Uranus
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spacecraft Ulysses flies around Jupiter on it's way to the sun
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space shuttle Coulumbia lifts off
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mission New Horrizon is put into effect