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Launching of Sputnik
Sputnik 1 was the first thing, man-made, to ever go into space. Though Russia was the first to do so it still shocked the world. -
First U.S animal in space
Sputnik sent an animal into outerspace though she died shortly after entering space from symptoms of stress and overheating. Though the Space Association did not devise a plan to bring her back they felt that she would not have survived anyhow. -
Explorer 1
This Launch followed the first two previous Earth satellites Soviet's Sputnik 1 and 2 -
NASA Formed
After seeing the Sputnik lauch out of space, a litlle while later NASA was formed -
First Man to enter outerspace
Yuri Gagarin, a Russian Soviet pilot, who beacame famous for being the first man in space. He orbited around the Earth for 108 minutes. -
The first spaceflight in history
Vostok 1 was the first space flight to enter outer space in history. This flight took Yuri Gagarin into space. -
First American in Space
Alan Shepard, An American, who became known for being the second person in space but the first american to enter space. -
Mariner 2
Mariner 2 was the first successful spacecraft in the entire NASA Mariner program. It is an American space probe that was sent to Venus to gather information -
First Russian Woman in Space
Out of four hundred aplicants and five finalists, a Russian woman by the name of Valentina Tereshkova, was the first woman to leave the Earth's orbit. -
Luna 9
Luna 9, was an unmanned space mission of the Soviet Union's Lunar program, It was the first space probe to achieve a soft landing on a planetary object other than Earth and successfully transmit photographic data to Earth. -
Ranger 7
Ranger 7 was the first U.S space probe to successfully transmit close images of the lunar surface back to Earth. -
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was the first mission ever to successfully obit the moon ten times and successfully return home. -
Apollo 11
The first mission ever to successfully land on the moon and return home safely. -
First Americans to land on the moon
Buzz Aldron and Neil Armstrong are the first people in history to land on the moon -
Apollo 17's return from the moon
Was the end of the Space Race it was the eleventh and final manned mission. There were no more mission into space after Apollo 17 ruturn safely from the moon.
