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Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonor became the first person to leave a spacecraft in orbit.

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July 1969-U.S. Places First Man on the Moon

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July 1969-U.S. Places First Man on the Moon

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The space race ended when Americans successfully put men on the moon and returned the safely back to Earth.

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February 1969-Soviet N-1 Failed Moon Rocket Test

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February 1969-Soviet N-1 Failed Moon Rocket Test

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Both sides need a rocket powerful enough to send men to the moon surface. Once the Americans built the Saturn V rocket, the Soviets tried to make the N-1 rocket. They tried to launch but an engine fire caused the rocket to shut down and crash.

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December 1968-U.S. Apollo 8 Manned Moon Orbit

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December 1968-U.S. Apollo 8 Manned Moon Orbit

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The first manned Saturn V helped Apollo 8 astronauts into orbit around the moon and set the stage for the first manned moon landing.

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May 25, 1961-Kennedy’s Goal to Reach the Moon

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May 25, 1961-Kennedy’s Goal to Reach the Moon

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Kennedy wanted to know how the U.S. could beat the Soviet’s so he made it his goal to put a man on the moon.

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Yuri Gagarin orbited Earth once in the Vostok spacecraft and returned to Earth safely which made him the first man in space.

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Eisenhower authorizes a spy satellite called “Corona” which took pictures of Soviet Territory

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When The Army tried to launch America’s first satellite into orbit, it failed into a explosion on the launch pad.

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October 4, 1959- Soviet Luna 3 Orbits the Moon

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October 4, 1959- Soviet Luna 3 Orbits the Moon

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The Soviet Union sent the first space craft named Luna 3 around the moon. It took pictures and sent them to Earth.

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The competition to beat the Soviets in the space race cause the creation of Americas first space agency named National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA.

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January 1958-The U.S. Explorer 1 success

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January 1958-The U.S. Explorer 1 success

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The Jupiter-C propelled America’s first satellite, which was called “Explorer 1”.

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1957: Sputnik launched by the Soviets beginning the Space Race