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People thought that the earth was in the middle of the solar system but Nicolaus made a model of the solar system and he found out that the sun was in the middle of the solar system.
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The first ever telescope that was made, was invented in Holland by Hans Lippershey. A Lippershey was a Dutch spectecle maker.
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By 1609 Galilieo heard about the telescope that Hans made so he was the first one to look through the telscope. He studied with the telescope to study space
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Sir Isacc Newton made a clear telescope with 7 lenses. But it was difficult to use
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The first animals sent into space were fruit flies aboard a U.S. launched V-2 rocket on February 20, 1947 from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
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albert 11, was the first monkey to go to space. He was an experiment aswell as Laika.
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On August 31, 1950, the U.S. launched a mouse into space aboard a V2 (the Albert V flight, which, unlike the Albert I-IV flights, did not have a monkey), but the rocket disintegrated because the parachute system failed. The U.S. launched several other mice in the 1950s.
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In 1957 the first ever satellite was launched into space by the clever Russians. The satellite was called "Sputnik 1" "Sputnik means "satellite" in Russian
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The first living thing to go into space was a dog name Laika, aboard a Russian satellite. She went by her self without a human. She was used for an experiment to see if it is okay to go up in space.
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In 1961, a man called Yuri Gagarin went to space but sadly, he lasted only 2 hours. He was the first ever man to orbit earth.
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In 1963 the first women went to space. TI was on 50 years a go from now. She went on vostok 6 to the moon. She was an important member of government too. She has been awarded mant prizes for her brave behavour.
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In 1964, They launched the first ever USA ranger into space.
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The great Neil Armstrong, was the first to step on the moon on the 21st of July 1969. He had to wait 6 hours because they had to make sure that it's safe to go outside and it's not a quick process. He only got to walk 2 hours on the moon so he could get back home and study about the moon. He walked on the moon, 2 in the morning in American time.
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The Hubble telescope first launched in 1990. They used the telescope to study space more. When they launched it, they reliesed that it had a lot of problems. They sent astronauts to fix it but even before it was repaired, it was sendng back pictures.
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In 1999, a gamma ray, was found by the Compton Gamma ray Observatory.
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A great millioaire was the first man to have a tour all around space. He had to train 900 HOURS to be a passenger.
