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First animal in space by USSR
The first animal to make an orbital spaceflight around the Earth was the dog Laika on November 3 1957 -
First satellite in space-USSR
Explorer 1 became the first successfully launched satellite by the United States when it was sent to space on January 31, 1958 -
First satellite in space by USA
Explorer 1 became the first successfully launched satellite by the United States when it was sent to space on January 31, 1958. -
Creation of NASA
Congress passed the legislation and President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law on July 29, 1958. -
First animal in space by USA (Ham the chimp)
On January 31, 1961 Ham became the first chimpanzee in space -
First man in space by USSR
Gagarin was launched into orbit by a Vostok rocket and became the first man in space. -
First man in space by USA
,Alan B. Shepard became the first American in space during a suborbital flight aboard his Mercury capsule named Freedom 7. -
JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon
"On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of Congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an American safely to the Moon before the end of the decade" (Google.com). -
First man to orbit Earth by USA
Gagarin completed a single orbit around the Earth aboard his Vostok capsule. On May 5, 1961, -
First man to do an EVA by USSR
The first EVA was performed on March 18, 1965, by Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov -
Gemini 3
Gemini 3 was the first crewed mission in NASA's Gemini program and was the first time two American astronauts flew together into space. -
First man to do an EVA by USA
The first American spacewalk was performed on June 3, 1965, by Ed White from the second crewed Gemini flight, Gemini IV, for 21 minutes -
Gemini 5
Gemini 5 was a 1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Project Gemini. -
Gemini 6A
was a 1965 crewed United States spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. The mission, flown by Wally Schirra and Thomas P. -
Gemini 9 Crew
Gemini 9 was to launch shortly thereafter but ground equipment failure resulted in a postponement until 3 June. -
Apollo 7
Apollo 7 was the first three-person American crew to launch to space. And it was the first crewed Apollo mission. -
Apolo 1 crew
The mission never flew; a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 on January 27 killed all three crew members -
Apollo 8
was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit -
Apollo 9
Fifty years ago, 10 days in space pushed human spaceflight forward with spectacular, groundbreaking testing. On March 3, 1969 -
Apollo 10
Apollo 10 launched from Cape Kennedy on May 18, 1969, into a nominal 115-mile circular Earth-parking orbit at an inclination of 32.5 degrees -
Apollo 11
became the first people to land on the Moon and walk the lunar surface.