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1st event
the German V2 was the first rocket to reach 100km from the Earth’s surface -
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space race
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2nd event
the first animals were launched into space. Fruit flies were used to study the effects of space travel on animals -
3rd event
Russia launched the first satellite into space; Sputnik 1, and the space age had properly begun -
4th event
Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. Gagarin's spacecraft, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of the earth, and landed about two hours after launch. -
5th event
The first woman in space was Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. -
last event
Neil Armstrong, and then Buzz Aldrin took "one small step" and became the first men on the moon. The first words said on the moon were "the Eagle has landed".
