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Sputnik 1
Soviet Union launched that satilite into orbit and that kicked off the space race. -
Sputnik 2
Soviet Union launches, Sputnik 2, which carried a small dog names Laika into orbit. -
Explorer 1
Explorer 1, the first American satellite to reach orbit, is launched. It carried scientific equipment that lead to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt. -
NASA was created
The U.S. Congress passed legalization formally inqugurating the NASA .the establishement of NASA was a sign that the U.S. was commited to winning the space race. -
Vostok 1
The Vostok 1 was the first spacecraft to carry a human. Yuri Gagarin, made one orbit around Earth. -
Freedom 7
HTis space capsule hald the first American in space, Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr., he did not make an orbit around Earth though. -
Friendship 7
John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth. He was in the spapcecraft Friendship 7, and made it around Earth 3 times. -
Mercury 7
One of the austronauts chosen from Mercury 7, Walter Schirra, orbited Earth 6 times. -
Vostok 6
Soviet Cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova, became the first woman in space. After 48 orbits & 71 hours, she retuned to Earth. -
Apollo 11
American astronuts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans to ever land on the moon.