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The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite , Sputnik 1.
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Not to long after Sputnik 1 launched , the U.S launched its own satellite , Explorer 1.This made the Soviets angry.
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The Soviets launched the first human into space. His name was Yuri Gagarin . He was in the shuttle Vostok 1. The Soviets thought that they had won. But they did not.
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President Kennedy began the oppollo 11.
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John Glenn , an American, was launched in a space capsule called Freindship 7 . He orbitted the Earth 3 times.
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Less than a month after Yuri was launched into space , the U.S released Alan Shepard . But he didnt orbit the Earth as Yuri did.
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The U.S space craft ,The Surveyor, landed on the moon . It didnt sink . Scientists then knew it was safe to put humans on the moon .
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to walk on the moon.
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The soviets space craft crashed on the moon.
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The European Space Agency launched an unpiloted spacecraft to orbit the moon .
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The U.S announced a plan to establish a permanent colony of people on the moon. They'd Bring supplies from Earth.Living on the moon would help teach people to live on Mars .