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Lauch!
Soviet Union succefully launched Sputnik 1 -
Sputnik 2
Sputnik 2 with the first space dog named Lakia was launched. -
Sputnik 3
Sputnik 3 was launched with a cargo of scientific instrumentation. -
Mercury 3
Alan Shepard on board Freedom 7 became the first American in Space. At this stage America lacked the launch vehicle to place a man in orbit. -
Mercury 4
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Mercury 6
John Glenn on board Friendship 7 became the first American to orbit the Earth (actually 3 orbits).
This was the first of four manned Mercury Atlas rockets -
Mercury 7
Scott Carpenter's orbital flight on board Aurora 7. -
Mercury 8
Walter Schirra orbital flight on board Sigma 7 -
Mercury 9
Gordon Cooper's day long, 22 orbit flight on board Faith 7. This was the last of the Project Mercury flights before NASA concentrated its efforts on the Gemini Program -
Gemini 3
Grissom and Young's Gemini Titan 3 mission was the first American multi-manned space mission. -
Gemini 4
During McDivitt and White's GT-4 mission, Edward White achieved the first American space walk. -
Gemini 8
Armstrong and Scott's GT-8 mission featured the first docking with the unmanned Agena and an emergency landing after a problem with the docking.
