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Launch of spuntik 1
The USSR sent spuntik 1 into space as the first artifical satellite to orbit the earth -
Launch of spuntik 2
Novmember 3, 1957 the USSR launches spuntik 2 which carried a small dog named Lakia into orbit. -
Explorer 1
January 31 ,1958 explorer 1 the first american satellite to reach orbit, is launched it carried scientific equipment that lead to the the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt -
Vanguard 1
The United States launched Vanguard 1 satellite and it continues to function for 3 years -
Sputnik 3
USSR launched Sputnik 3 -
Luna 1
Luna 1 is launched by USSR it's the first man made object to orbit the sun. -
Luna 2
Luna 2 is launched it impacts the moon on September 13,becoming the first man made object to do so . -
Tiiro 1
Tiros 1, the first successful weather satellite is launched -
Yuri Gagrin
Yuri Gagarin orbits the earth once and becomes the first man in space -
President Kennedy
President Kennedy gives a speech at rice universitiy reaffirming the importance of the moon program -
L. Gordan
L. Gordan cooper spends 34 hours in space. He is the last american to fly in space alone -
Ranger 7
Ranger 7 transmits the first close range images of the moon -
Ed White
Ed White performs america's first spacewalk. Jim Mcdivitt remains in the Gemini capsule -
Lunar orbiter 1
Lunar orbiter 1 enters orbit around themoon and takes the first picture of earth from distance -
Apollo 1
Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were killed when fire ignites in their capsule while performing a test on the Apollo 1 launch pad . -
Venera 4
Venera 4 transmits data about the atmosphere of Venus(USSR) -
Apollo 7
The crew of Apollo 7 began a 10 day mission to study the new space craft (U.S) -
Soyuz 4 & 5
Soyuz 4 & 5 perform the first Soviet Union space craft -
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