Russian Space Accomplishments

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Russian Space Accomplishments

• 1957: First satellite• 1957: First animal to enter Earth orbit• 1959: First probe to impact the Moon• 1959: First images of the moon's far side• 1961: First person in space and in Earth orbit• 1965: First EVA• 1970: First data received from the surface of

another planet (Venus)• 1986: First permanently manned space station