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race to the moon
the space age began on October 4,1957 when the Sputnik I was the first artificial object to orbit the earth -
Explorer I
Unites States responded with its first satellite, a 31 pound craft named Explorer 1 -
first person to orbit earth
Yuri Gagarin a soviet asronaut, became the first person to to travel to space when he made a single orbit around the earth. -
First American to orbit earth.
a year later Jhon Glenn became the first American to orbit earth -
First mission
Apollo 11 was the first mission to actually manned a spacecraft on the moon. -
one small step for a man, abig leap for mankind.
Neil Armstrong was the first human ever who touch another world (moon) -
The space shuttle
U.S.A launched the space shuttle Columbia, a new type of spacecraftm -
On the horizon
George W. Bush announced that the United States would begin a new space exploration program that would send astronauts to the moon again. -
Plan
NASA plans to return to the moon and eventually build a lunar work station.