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First Bumper Rocket
The first bumper rocket is launched from U.S.
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The first artificial satellite
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite, that sent in space. They
beat US and whole world was shocked.
This in turn triggered the Space Race between the Soviet Union and the United States.
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First animal in Earth orbit
Laika was the first animal that orbited around the earth. She was on Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit.
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First probe launched to Venus
Venera 1 was the First probe that launched to Venus.
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First person in space and in Earth orbit
Vostok 1 was the first shuttle that carried a person in the sapce and orbited around the Earth.
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American in Space
Alan Shepard was the first American in Space. He was on Freedom 7.
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First person in space for 24 hours
Gherman Titov was the first person survive 24 hours in space.
He was on Vostok 2 spaceflight.
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First probe launched to Mars
Mars 1 was the first probe that launched to Mars.
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First woman in space
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space.
She was on Vostok 6 spaceflight.
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First probe in lunar orbit
Luna 10 was the first probe in lunar orbit.
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First man on the moon
Neil Armstrong was the first man to put a step on moon. He was the part of Mission Apollo 11.
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First space station
Salyut 1 was the first space station.
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Last man on the moon
Eugene Cernan was the last man that walk on moon.
He was the part of Mission Apollo 17.
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First Mission to the Space
STS-1 was the first Space Shuttle was sent in Space By NASA
Robert Crippen was the pilot of this spaceshuttle
Mission duration was 2day and 6:20:53.
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First woman to walk in space
Svetlana Savitskaya was the first woman walk in space. She was in Salyut 7 shuttle.
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First permanently manned space station
Mir was the first permanently manned space station in history.
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First crew to spend over one year in space
Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov were in Soyuz TM-4. Soyuz TM-4 was a space craft that was connected to space station Mir.
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Juno (spacecraft)
NASA is sending a spacecraft to Jupiter.
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