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U.S launches an artificial satellite (Explorer 1)
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First American in space (Alan Shepard)
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First American orbits Earth (John Glenn, Jr) Mariner 2 flies past venus
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Mariner 4 space probe flies past mars
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Apollo 11 first manned moon landing (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collin)
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Pioneer 7 sent toward Jupiter
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U.S and Soviet Union launch first joint space mission