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First man in space

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Yuri Gagarin 61

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First satellite into orbit

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Sputnik 57

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First american in space

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Alan Shepard 61

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Kennedy’s space race promise

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American on the moon by 69

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Sputniks significance

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Emitted continuos beep that could be heard on all radios in the world, USA and ussr could hear a soviet victory