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The Soviet union starts the space race.
the space race was started by the soviet union in 1957 when they satellite into space that was called sputnik. -
Russia sends the first mammal to space
Laika was the first dog blasted into space making Russia have the first mammal in space . -
the first death
Laika the dog died of heat exhaustion when the cooling system broke leading to her death. -
the silent sea
yuri said the earth looked like a big blue blob from space and how painful the way up was (Francis french and colin burgess) -
Ham
ham was a chimp who wanted to fly into orbit and he did that he was strapped into a seat with protective gear and put in a rocket. (Christopher C.) -
president Kennedy gives an address
countries that rode the first waves of the Industrial Revolution, we set sail on new seas such as the space race that we will work hard for. -
the first woman in space
it is hard to move a finger when the pressure is pushing her into her seat as she gets into orbit she can breath normally and feels better. -
the Americans came back with a surprise.
America sent the first man into orbit on Apollo 8 making the first man to orbit space. -
the lunar module
The J mission was one the longest missions on the moon they stayed for 12 hours and collected hundreds of lunar rocks and dust (Marc Myers) -
transmission problem
The Russians had a problem with their transmission system and talked with an Apollo spacecraft as they moved closer to us. (David Scott)