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the first man in space USSAR
Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union was the first man in space 9 March 1934 -
USSR Sputnik the first satellite
Sputnik was launched on the 4th of October 1957 it was the first artificial satellite for earth it was made by the Soviet Union -
The First Animal in Space to Orbit earth for the USSR
The first Animal in space to orbit Earth was a dog named Laika which went aboard the sputnik 2 on November 3, 1957. Sadly Laika wasn't able to come back to earth -
Explorer The First Satellite For the U.S.
Launched in 1958, January 31, it was supposed to be sent up as soon as possible since the Soviet Union already had sent up the sputnik so they were playing catch up. It was a success -
creation of nasa
Nasa was created in 1958 oct 1 to lead civilian space program -
the first chimpanzee used too perform task in space by USA
January 31, 1961, the first chimp in space as he blasted off to an altitude of 157 miles during the Mercury-Redstone 2 mission -
First man in space USA
The first man that the USA sent to space was Alan Shepard on may 5, 1961 -
JFK speech about going to the moon
September 12, 1962 announcing they plan to put the first man on the moon