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first satellite in space by USSR
the Soviet Union launches earths first satellite. the name of the satellite was sputnik I -
first animal in space by USSR
The dog Laika was the first animal launched into space before humans -
First satellite in space by USA
the first satellite created by the USA launched into space. it was called explorer l -
Creation of NASA
NASA was created to oversee America's non-military space activities. -
First man in space by USSR
The Soviet Union launched their first man, Yuri Gagarin, into space -
First man in space from the USA
Allan Shepard was the first man from the USA sent to space -
first man to orbit earth
John Glenn was the first man to orbit earth. hes from NASA -
JFK's speech
JFK's speech about getting to the moon. JFK wanted to commit to getting the goal accomplished before the decade is out. -
Gemini mission I
The first gemini mission purpose was to test the Titian 2 launch vehicle.
Mission type: unscrewed test flight
Mission duration: 4 hours and 50 minutes -
Gemini mission 2
Gemini mission 2 was another unscrewed test flight that had a mission duration of 18 minutes and 16 seconds -
First man to do an EVA by the USSR
Alexei Leonov was the first man from the USSR who perform their first EVA. he spent 12 minutes outside of the space craft -
Gemini mission 3
Gemini mission 3 was the first crewed earth-orbiting spacecraft out of the gemini missions.
Mission type: Human spaceflight
Mission duration: 4 hours, 52 minutes, and 31 seconds -
First man to perform an EVA from the USA
Ed White became the first American man to perform an EVA (AKA the spacewalk). -
Gemini 9 mission tragety
Astronauts Elliot M. See(Command pilot) and Charles A. Basset(Pilot) was killed in a T-38 jet training aircraft crash in St. Louis, Missouri on February 28th, 1966. Date below is launch date -
Apollo 1
Human space flight tragedy that occurred during a preflight. Astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee lost their lives in a fire on the aircraft. -
Apollo 7
the Apollo 7 space mission was the first apollo mission to test the command and service module with a crew. the crew orbited earth 163 times. they spent 10 days in space -
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was the first mission to transport humans to the moon and back to earth. they did not land on the moon.
Crew: Frank Borman(Commander)
James A. Lovell(CMP)
William Anders(LMP) -
Apollo 9
The mission objective for Apollo 9 was an earth-orbital engineering test.
Crew: James A. McDivitt (commander)
Russell L. Schweickart (LMP)
David R. Scott (CMP) -
Apollo 10
the Apollo 10 mission objective was to achieve a crewed lunar landing. they did not land on the moon but they were the first crewed spacecraft to operate around the moon. -
Apollo 11
The mission objective for Apollo 11 was to perform a crewed lunar landing and return to earth. which was a success
Crew: Neil Armstrong (Commander)
Edwin E. Buzz (LMP)
Michael Collins (CMP) -
First animal from USA in space
Ham the chimp was the first animal the USA launched into space.