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Monkey in space
Scientists needed to know how soace affected biological life, and how it affected things close to humans. Since monkeys and humans are very similar, they sent it.There were many successful missions. -
Sputnik 1 Launch
This was the first artificial satellite that was launched into earth's orbit.It was launched by Russia (U.S.S.R.). The satellite travelled at 18,000 mph., taking 90.2 minutes to complete an orbit. This was the first artificial satellite sent ino space. -
Dog in Space
Thie first dog in space, Laika, a Canis lupus familiaris. She did not survive. She died by overheating while orbitting the Earth. The Russians knew she DID orbit the Earth, so now we can send more dogs. -
First U.S. satellite sent to space
Now the U.S. has sent a satellite to space, we can take pictures of the earth, too, not just Russia. This gave us a confidence boost. We will get a lot of things done. -
NASA Founded
This was the start of the National Aeronautics and Space administration.This new program investigates space. This was also the beginning of an opportunity to learn more about the universe. This greatly helped the world know more about space. -
First man to orbit Earth
This was a scientific breakpoint when Yuri Gagarin orbitted the Earth. He was a Russian man that survived the time in space. Now people cn go to space more and do more experiments. -
First U.S. Man in space
Alan Shepard, the first U.S. man in space really chanded our history by doing this. We were the first to go into space! We can get much more done now. -
First U.S. Man to orbit Earth
John Glenn was the first U.S. man to orbit the Earth. This was a
breakthrough for the United States, because only Russia was the country to orbit the Earth. -
First woman in space
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space, an got woman around the world more respect.Her mission was to do seveal tests to see how the female body reacted to space flight. -
First space walk
Alexey leonov was the first person to perform a spacewalk. A spacewalk is to just float on space attached to the spaceship by a cord. -
First U.S. space walk
Ed White amde the first U.S. space walk. He did this on Gemini 4, and yet again, the U.S. and Russia were tied in the space race. -
Gemini 7
The objectives were to demonstrate manned orbital space flight and to determine long-duration space affects on the human body. They were completed and passed. -
Apollo 8
The mission was to get out of Earth's gravitational pull and into the moon's. This new "sling shot" method worked, and we got many pictures of the moon and Earth. -
First man on moon
Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, made mankind gasp and hoora when he set foot on the moon. We now have been on something literally "out of this world". Oh Yeah.
