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Emily Evans, Mekhi Kalil , and Connor Haley : Space Exploration

By HISstudent6
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  • SPUTNIK

    SPUTNIK
    The Soviets created Sputnik every 96 minutes the 2 radio transmitters signal "beep beep" its a sphere.
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  • FIRST DOG IN SPACE

    FIRST DOG IN SPACE
    The Soviets lauched a dog into space named Laika. It was a female and tragically it died due to a malfunction with the oxygen supply system

  • FIRST US SATELLITE

    The Explorer 1 was the first US satellite to orbit Earth

  • FIRST HUMAN IN SPACE

    Yuri Gagarin was the first person to fly in space. He orbited the globe on his 108 minute flight to space .

  • first american in space

    first american in space
    bound and set on betting russia in the space race the U.S launched Alan Shepard the first american in space on a 15 minute suborbital flight

  • first american space orbit

    first american space orbit
    almost ending up as a disaster John H. Glenn orbited earth three times in nearly a five hour trip

  • first russian space walk

    first russian space walk
    a Russian cosmonaut by the name of Alexei Leonov exits his Voskhod 2 capsule for a 12-minute spacewalk.

  • first manned apollo mission

    first manned apollo mission
    In 163 circuits of the Earth in nearly 11 days, astronauts Walter Schirra, Jr., Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham practice docking maneuvers and verify that the spacecraft can hold up for a moon mission. They also carry a TV camera for the first live broadcasts from space.

  • first manned moon landing

    first manned moon landing
    The lunar module of Apollo 11, nicknamed the Eagle, touches down on the moon, with 30 seconds' worth of fuel to spare. Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., descend to the surface. "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind," Armstrong says. "Beautiful. Beautiful.

  • first rover on the moon

    Apollo 15 carries an electric cart, like a stripped-down, foldable golf cart, to the moon. The rover, capable of carrying two astronauts plus supplies, greatly extends their exploration range. Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin are the first drivers, putting 17 miles on the moon buggy. Because of the risk of being stranded without air, the astronauts are not permitted to drive father than the "walk-back" distance from their lunar module.