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sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 was successfully launched and entered Earth's orbit.It was the first human-made object into space that the Soviet Union made.
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Laika the space dog
Laika was a stray, picked up from the Moscow streets just over a week before the rocket was set to launch.The News media mocked and pity the dog that went to the space.Laikia died within hours of launch due to panic and overheating said BBC.
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Explorer 1
Explorer 1 was the first satellite that the United States made.It was also the first long running satellite to stay up there and the explorer 1 was up there for 4 month before it batteries ran out.
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Luna 1
Luna 1 was a Soviet-launched spacecraft that was first to managed to escape the velocity.It was not the first failure of the space race, but it managed to be the first spacecraft whose failure was more impressive than its achievement.It was also the first craft to detect the solar wind.
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Yuri Gagarin
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin be came the first human in space, making a 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft. Newspapers like The Huntsville Times trumpeted Gagarin's accomplishment.
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Alan shepard
Alan Shepard was the first American in space. He was one of NASA's first seven astronauts. He also walked on the moon.He flew on a Mercury spacecraft. There was just enough room for one person. He named his capsule Freedom 7. It launched on a Redstone rocket. The Army first used the Redstone as a missile.
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John Glenn
John Glenn was a NASA astronaut. He was part of the first group of astronauts NASA picked. He was the first American to orbit Earth. He also became a U.S. senator. Later, he became the oldest person to fly in space.
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Gemini 3
The first flight to carry astronauts was Gemini 3 (also known as Gemini-Titan 3 or GT-3)..astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young flew three low Earth orbits in their spacecraft, which they nicknamed Molly Brown.
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Gemini 6A and 7
The Gemini 6A and 7 missions were in space at the same time and met each other in orbit. Gemini 7 stayed in space for two weeks.6A was launched December 4, 1965 and 7 was launched December 15, 1965
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Apollo 1
Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was the first manned mission of the United States Apollo program, which had as its ultimate goal a manned lunar landing.The test of Apollo Command/Service Module never made its target launch date of February 21, 1967.
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Apollo 8
The mission objectives for Apollo 8 included a coordinated performance of the crew, the command and service module, or CSM, and the support facilities.The detailed test objectives were to refine the systems and procedures relating to future lunar operations.
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Apollo 11
The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth.Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin into an initial Earth-orbit of 114 by 116 miles.
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html
