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A small sized satellite that became the first artificial device to orbit the Earth. This was very important because it showed that individuals were capable of putting objects out of the Earth, and was history in the making.

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The Explorer 1 was the first successful instigate satellite by the United States. The importance of this object is that it pronounced the start of the U.S. Space Age.

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Vostok 1 was the first airship to ever hold a human, Yuri Gagarin, into space. This was predominant because no other country was capable of this.

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Freedom 7 was the first United States Spaceflight on the 5th of May, 1961. This event was important because it successfully did the objective of taking a human into orbit around the Earth and arriving home safe.

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On February 20 1962, John Glenn became the first American to course the Earth during the three-orbit, Mercury-Atlas.

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On June 16, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel into space. This was important because not only did she make history with being the first woman, but spent the most time there from that date.

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The Gemini project comprised of 19 launches, that which primarily examined equipment and mission procedures. The importance of this program was the development of space travel methods.

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Apollo 11 was the first aircraft to ever land humans on the moon. This was major for the U.S. as nowhere else had reached that far, and was in a competition, to which we won.

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The Skylab was the first U.S. space station to be built. This station helped prove that humans were capable of living and working in space for a long amount of time.

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The Apollo- Soyuz Mission was the first international space mission with crew. This was important because it marked the end of the space race.