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SSR
Soviet Union launches Sputnik -
U.S
The U.S lunches an artificial satellite (explore 1) -
SSR
Luna 2 probe reaches the moon -
U.S
First American in space (Alan Shepard) -
SSR
First human orbits Earth (Yuri Gagarin) -
U.S
First American orbits the earth (John Glenn, Jr) Mariner 2 flies past Venus. -
SSR
First woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova) -
U.S
Mariner 4 space probe flies past mars -
U.S
Apollo 11 first manned moon landing (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins -
SSR
Venera 7 lands on venus -
SSR
First manned space station; Mars 3 drops capsule on Mars -
U.S
Pioneer 7 sent toward Jupiter -
U.S and SSR
U.S. and Soviet Union launch first joint space mission