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Sputnik one launched
The Sputnik was launched in 1957 by the Solviat Union. Sputnik was the first artificial earth satelite in the world. Sputnik was a metal shpere 58cms in diamiter. -
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Space race
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Sputnik II
The Sputnik II was launched by the Soviet Union and had a female dog named is Laika. She lived is space for seven days . She proved that, like humans animals can survive in space, but there was no way for her to be brought back to earth and she was put to sleep. The Sputnik II fell to earth in april the next year. -
First human in space
The first human in space was Yuri Gagarin. Yuri did a full orbit around earth. The soviet union launched yuri in the Vostok space ccraft on April 12th 1961. -
First American in space
Alan Shepard was the first american to go in space. Alan went on the freedom 7 in florida on May fifth 1961.Ten years later Alen flew to the moon and became the fifth man to walk on the moon. -
First woman in space
In 1963 the Solviets Union launched Valentine Tereshkova The Soviets launch Valentina Tereshkova. She was launched on the Vostok 6. -
First space walk
Alexei Leonov was the first man to ever walk in space. Alexei was to fly in the vostok 11 lauched by the soviet union. However it was canceled and he was later launched in the Voskhod 2. The Voskhod 2 launched March 18th 1965. Alexei had barely made it back to Earth. -
First deaths in space
During a launchpad test a fire kills Apollo 1 asturnauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. On April 24 1967 the Soviet craft Soyuz 2 crashes on re-entry killing Vlndimir Komarov. -
First moon landing
Apolo 11 was the first spacecraft to ever land on the moon. The Americans launched the Apolo 11 on July 20th 1969. In the Apolo 11 there was Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldren, and Michael Collins. -
First space rescue
On the Apollo 13 an oxygen tank exploded. With help from Mission Control Jum Lovell, Fred Haise, and John Swigert saftly returned to Earth only four days later. -
First space station
The first space station was Salyut 1. Salyut 1 was launched by the soviet union on April 19th 1971. -
First American space station
Sky lab was the first space station opperated by the USA. The last group stayed 84days in orbit then the Skylab decayed and scatteredmdebris over the indian ocean. -
First reusable space vehical
The US space shuttle was the first reusable space vehicle. It was launched in Florida on 1981 with 135 manned missions. -
First American women in space
The first american women in space was Sally Ride. They launched heer in the challenger on June 18th 1983. -
First women to do a space walk
On October 1984 Kathryn Sullivn becomes the first women to space walk. The Americans Lauched her in space. -
First year in space
Musa Manarov and Vladimir Titov did a whole 366 days in space. They were on the Russian space station Mir. This broke the record on March 22, 1995. -
First Space Telescope
The people from the space shuttle mission STS-31 deployed the Hubble space telescope. Soon after the Hubble's primary mirror was found to be damaged. -
First Spacecraft to Leave the Solar System
The Pioneer 10, launched on March 2, 1972. It reached a distance 50 times farther from the Sun than Earth. It was the first space craft the leave the solar system. Currently, it is 6.5 billion miles away, heading toward the constellation Taurus. -
First American to spend six month in space
Shannon Lucid sets a record for time in space. She set the record for both women and Americans. After five shuttle flights she spent six months on the Russian space craft Mir. -
First Surface Travel on Another Planet
Arriving aboard the space probe Pathfinder the robot Sojourner explores the surface of Mars. It had six wheels, was remote-controled ,solar powered and sent images of the planet back to earth. -
First Space Studies on the Elderly
John Glenn at age 77 flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. He became the oldest person to go into space. He was originaly a member of the NASA's Mercury program.
