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sputnick one launch
It was launched by russia and to let people know where it is sent sent pings back to the russian base. This event was important because it was the start of the space race -
dog in space
the first dog in space was named strickla. this event was impotant because it was another test to see if humans can go into space. -
nasa founded
nasa did thistocompete in the space race nasa was based off of the naca. this was important because this event is what got the usa into the space race -
monkey in space
what they did was send the first monkey into space and his name was albert. this event was important because this was to test and see if humans could be in space. -
First U.S. sattelite successfully launched
what happened here is that the U.S. launched the first sattelite into space. This was important because this was another milistone for the U.S in the space race. -
first U.S man to orbit the earth
This is the same thing they did in russia ecept the U.S tried it. this was important because this was a milestone for the U.S.A. -
first man to orbit the earrth
what they did in this is basiclly send a man into space and they where going to see how long he can be up there. This was important because it was a milestone for Russia. -
First us man in space
what they did here is send one man into space to observe space and other things. this was important because this meant that nasa was advancing in there research -
First woman in space
the firts woman in space was russian her name was Valentina Tereshkova. this was important because this meant that russia was advancing in space exploration -
First space walk
the first space walk was done by a russian his name was Alexey Leonov. this was important because russia fianilly developed suits that people can walk in space with. -
first U.S space walk
the first U.S space walk was done by a guy named ed white. this was important because this was another great mile stone for the us. -
First man on the moon
the first man on the moon was named Niel Armstrong. His famous line is one small step for man..... one giant leap for mankind.
this was important because this was a huge breakthrough for nasa.
