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Werner von Braun and the first rocet launch
the first rocet launch was in germany. werner von braun was a german, and later became an american aerospace enginer -
Sputnik
the soviet unoin rocketed sputnik into space, sputnik was the first offical satilight any nation sent out into space -
First dog in space
the first dog in space was a dog named Laika, sent by the soviot union. Laika was mostly sibian husky and she was rescued fron the streets of Moscow, but unforcanatly she died Laika died in orbit. -
First orbiting satilite
Explorer 1 was the United states first satilite in space too orbit the earth, it was about the size of a basketball. -
First Monkey in space
Ham the chimpanzee was one of the first monkeys in space. -
first person into space
the first person into space was a man named Yuri Gagarin, sent out by the soviet union and he orebited the earth once, and came back down -
First American in space
The first American in space was a man named Alan Shepard. He went into space, and came back down and landed in the ocean. -
First person too orbit the Earth
The first person too orbit the earh was John Glenn, and he orbited the earth 3 times. -
Apollo missions and the moom landing
The first Apollo moon landing missoin took place with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin, and sucessfully landed on the moon. -
First woman in space
Donclar Roberta was the first Canadian woman in space.
