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Space Race
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First Satellite in Space by USSR
This was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. -
First Animal in Space by USSR
The dog Laika was the first animal in space on Sputnik 2 or 3 -
FIrst Satellite in Space by USA
The first satellite in space by the USA was the Explorer 1 -
Creation of NASA
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First Animal in Space by USA
Ham the Chimpanzee -
First Man in Space by USSR
Gagarin was the first man in space by USSR -
First Man in Space by The USA
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was the first U.S man to make it into space a little less than a month after the USSR man-made into space -
JFK's Speech and Commitment to getting to the Moon
JFK talks about us getting to the moon -
First Man to do an EVA
Alexei Leonov was the first man to do it -
First Man to do an EVA by the USA
Ed White would be the first U.S man to do an EVA -
Gemini 5
The goal was to fly in space for eight days -
Gemini 6
last less than two days, docking of two vehicles in earth orbit -
Gemini 7
spent 2 weeks in space -
Gemini 9 disaster
Command Pilot Elliot See and Pilot Charles Bassett died in a crash -
Gemini 8
Neil Armstrong saved Gemini 8 with some help from Scott -
Apollo 1 disaster
This event killed Grissom White and Chaffee -
Apollo 7
Walter Schirra, Donn Fisere, and Walter Cunningham -
Apollo 8
The first crew to successfully orbit the moon and return to earth -
Apollo 9
Demonstrate docked vehicles functions in an earth orbit mission -
Apollo 10
The second mission to orbit the moon -
Apollo 11
Mission was to land on the moon and it was successful. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. -
Apollo 12
It was struck by lightning twice in the first minute of take-off and it was the 2nd successful moon landing mission