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first satellite in space by USSR
Sputnik was the first satellite USSR sent to space, it made America upset because they wanted to do it first. -
first animal in space by USSR
Laika was the first animal sent in space on the sputnik 2 spacecraft -
First satellite in space by USA
Explorer was the name of the first satellite in space by USA -
Creation of NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formed to help research problems with spacecraft. -
First animal in space by USA
Ham the chimpanzee went on a successful journey in space and survived. -
First man in space by USSR
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was the first human to go into outer space. -
First man in space by USA
Alan Shepard became the first American and sencond man in space. -
First man to orbit Earth by USA
John H. Glenn was the first American that orbited earth, he was in the spacecraft "friendship 7" -
JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon
John F. Kennedy held speech saying they were going to the moon in the 60's. -
First man to do an EVA by USSR
Alexei Leonov did an EVA for 12 minutes and 9 seconds. -
First man to do an EVA by USA
Edward White lasted 23 minutes in an EVA. -
gemini 7
Gemini 7 had Frank Borman and Jim Lovell onboard. It was the longest gemini mission, it was 14 days long. -
gemini 6A
Gemini 6A had the astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford. The purpose was to make a rendezvous with gemini 7 in earth orbit. -
Original Gemini 9
Elliot M. See and Charles A. Bassett II were supposed to go on gemini 9 but four months before the mission they were in a plane crash into the building where they were building the space craft for gemini 9. Elliot M. See was the pilot and he crashed due to bad weather. -
gemini 12
Gemini 12 carried Jim Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. It was the last gemini mission. The mission was significant because it proved that astronauts effectively can work outside of the spacecraft in an EVA. It included 3 EVAs. -
apollo 1 crew
When apollo 1 crew were testing on the launch pad a fire started and killed the astronauts Gus Grissom, Roger Chaffee and Ed White. -
apollo 7
It was the first crewed test of the command and service module -
apollo 8
The first mission that took human to the moon -
apollo 9
Apollo 9 were the first flight with the full apollo spacecraft. -
apollo 10
In apollo 10 they prepared to walk on the moon for the next mission. Apollo 10 was the first crewed mission where they operated around the moon. -
apollo 11
apollo 11 was the first time human ever walked on the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the moon followed by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
