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Begining of space race
October 4th 1957 the sulviate union launched the first satalite(Sputnick1) into orbit and started the space race -
Liaka the space dog
Liaka was the first dog in space and alsow Liaka showed by returning back safely that living organisms can withstand space travel. -
explorer 1
Explorer 1 marks the day that the United States finally got into the space race and is alsow the United States first satalite to orbit. -
NASA
The creation of NASA helped improve space travel by bringing together scientist, and archetects to build shuttles, crafts, and satalites -
Luna 1
Luna 1 is the first craft to orbit the sun -
Luna 2
Luna 2 is the first man made craft to land on the moon, In doing so the landing showed both the U,S,A, and the Sulviate union that the moon did in fact have a solid surface. -
Tiros 1
The Tiros 1 was the first weather satalite and today those are a nececity because we need to now when a storm is coming. -
Soviet Vostok 1
The Soviet Vostok 1 is famouse for caring the first man into outer space and orbiting the earth once. The pilots name was Yuri Gagarin. -
Freedom 7
The Freedom 7 mission was a historic day for the United States because Freedom 7 careried the first american in space, Alan Shepard. -
Voshkod 2
The first space walk was performed by the cosmonaut Alexei Leonov abourd the Voshkod 2 -
Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong and Edwin''Buzz''Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon and end the space race for good because the sulviates couldn't even land a ship on the moon because they tried to get closer to the Apollo 11.