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EArth was created
Earth was created for all of us -
First Satellite in space by USSR
Sputnik 1, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite into space, it was about as big as a beach ball. -
First animal in space by USSR
The soviet union sent the first animal into space, it was a dog named Laika -
First satellite in space by USA
FIrst successful satellite by the US, Explorer 1, was launched by the US Army -
Creation of NASA
NASA was created because of the Space Race between us and the USSR -
First animal in space by USA
The first animal sent into space by the US was a chimpanzee named Ham. The flight lasted about 16 1/2 minutes. -
First man in space and first man to orbit Earth by USSR
Yuri Gagarin was the first person to fly in space. His flight lasted 108 minutes as he circled the Earth for a little more than one orbit in the Soviet Union's Vostok spacecraft. -
First man in space by USA
The first person in space by the USA was Alan Shepard, he rode on the Freedom 7 spacecraft, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. -
JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon
John F Kennedy set a goal for America to land a man on the moon before the decade ended. The United States was currently in a "space race" with the Soviet Union and this would put them on top -
First man to orbit Earth by USA
The first man to orbit the moon for the USA was John Glenn. He orbited the globe three times in about 5 hours in the capsule that was called Friendship 7. -
First man to do an EVA by USSR
The first person to do an EVA by the USSR was Alexei Leonov, he spent about 12 minutes outside of his spacecraft, Voskhod 2. -
Gemini 4
Astronauts James McDivitt and Ed White circled the Earth 66 times in four days. That long amount of time was the first US flight to approach the five-day flight that the Soviet Union pulled up. -
Gemini 5
It was the third crewed Gemini flight and it was used to test equipment notes. -
Gemini 10
This mission carried astronauts John Young and Michael Collins. The primary purpose of it was to conduct rendezvous and docking tests. -
First man to do an EVA by USA
The first American astronauts that did an EVA was Buzz Aldrin -
Apollo 1 Tragedy
The apollo 1 tragedy was where Gus Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee died when a fire went into the Command Module. -
Apollo 7
Apollo 7 was the first mission that carried out a whole crew into space. -
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was the first mission to have a crew leave the low Earth orbit and also the first to reach the moon, orbit it and then return. -
Apollo 9
Apollo 9 was the first time that they used the full apollo spacecraft, which included the command and service module with the Lunar Module. -
Apollo 10
This mission was pretty much a dress rehearsal for when they land on the moon. This was the first mission to test all the components and procedures right before landing. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was obviously the first mission where a person actually stepped foot on the moon. The crew consisted of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins. The total EVA was about 2 hours and 30 minute.
