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USSR launches Sputnik 1, it is the first earth orbiting satellite ever.

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US enters space race, launched Explorer 1. The first US satellite to reach orbit. It carried experimental equipment.

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created in the United States. It replaced the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA). Above is the first NASA logo.

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The USSR lauched the Luna 1, it was the first cosmetic rocket. It got out of orbit, it was the first man make thing to leave earths orbit and instead orbit the sun.

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US launched Explorer 6. It is the first weather satellite and first to capture photos of earth from space.

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USSR launched Luna 2 and accomplished their mission of making the very first spacecraft to make it to the surface of the Moon.

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A US chimpanzee named Ham becomes the first great ape in space. It also survived the landing.

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The US was successful in its first pilot-controlled journey and with the first American in space. It was Alan Shepard on the Mercury Redstone 3 spacecraft. During the flight he didn't orbit the earth, he flew 116 miles high and it lasted about 15 minutes.

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The first civilian and woman went to space, Valentina Tereshkova. She spent almost three days in space, she orbited the earth 48 times while on the spacecraft. The spacecraft was Vostok 6.

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The first spacewalk ever happens. The person was Alexei Leonov. He left his spacecraft, the Voskhod 2 in a special spacesuit and did a twelve minute space walk.