By Rajni Pandey | June 10, 2024
On November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union sent the first animal into space, a dog named Laika, aboard Sputnik 2.
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Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth on April 12, 1961, aboard Vostok 1.
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Luna 2, a Soviet spacecraft, was the first to hard-land on another celestial object, impacting the Moon on September 14, 1959.
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Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space on June 16, 1963, aboard Vostok 6.
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Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov conducted the first spacewalk on March 18, 1965, during the Voskhod 2 mission.
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On July 14, 1965, NASA's Mariner 4 sent back the first close-up images of Mars.
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The Soviet Union's Luna 9 made the first successful soft landing on the Moon on February 3, 1966.
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On December 24, 1968, astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders became the first humans to orbit the Moon aboard Apollo 8.
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Neil Armstrong made history as the first human to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 mission.
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The Soviet Union's Venera 7 achieved the first soft landing on another planet, Venus, on December 15, 1970.
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