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First satellite in space by USSR
the Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I. and it shocked U.S. because they wanted to achieve this first. -
first animal in space to orbit the earth by the USSR
The first animal to make an orbital spaceflight around the Earth was the dog Laika, aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 -
First satellite in space by USA
Explorer 1 was the first U.S. satellite and the first satellite to carry science instruments. Explorer 1 followed a looping flight path that orbited Earth once every 114 minutes. -
Creation of nasa
President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 into law on July 29, creating NASA. The agency opened for business -
First chimpanzee used to perform tasks in space by USA (Ham the chimp)
HAM was the first chimp in space as he blasted off to an altitude of 157 miles during the Mercury-Redstone 2 mission. He performed the tasks that he was trained to do and was found to be in good health after recovery from the flight, -
First man in space by USSR
Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union was the first human in space. -
First man in space by the U.S.
astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American — and the second man — to travel in space when he launched a 15-minute, sub-orbital flight aboard NASA's Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7. -
JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon
President John F. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of Congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an American safely to the Moon before the end of the decade. -
First man to orbit earth by US
Astronaut John H. Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth during the three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, aboard the spacecraft he named Friendship 7. -
First man to do an Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) by USSR
The first EVA was performed by Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who spent 12 minutes and 9 seconds outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft. -
Gemini III
Gemini 3 was the first crewed mission in NASA's Project Gemini and was the first time two American astronauts flew together into space. -
First man to do an EVA by USA
During the Gemini 4 mission, Ed White became the first American to conduct a spacewalk. The spacewalk started at 3:45 p.m. EDT on the third orbit -
Gemini VI-A
Gemini 6A (officially Gemini VI-A) was a 1965 crewed United States spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. The mission, flown by Wally Schirra and Thomas P. Stafford, achieved the first crewed rendezvous with another spacecraft, its sister Gemini 7. -
Gemini 9 accident.
On February 28, 1966, a NASA Northrop T-38 Talon crashed at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, killing two Project Gemini astronauts, Elliot See and Charles Bassett. -
Gemini XII
Commanded by Gemini VII veteran James A. Lovell, the flight featured three periods of extravehicular activity (EVA) by rookie Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, lasting a total of 5 hours and 30 minutes. It also achieved the fifth rendezvous and fourth docking with an Agena target vehicle. -
Apollo 1 disaster
a fire swept through the Apollo 1 Command Module during a launch rehearsal test, tragically killing the three astronauts trapped inside. Astronauts Gus Grissom (left), Ed White (middle), and Roger Chaffee (right), died on Jan. -
Apollo 7
Apollo 7 was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program and saw the resumption of human spaceflight by the agency after the fire that had killed the three Apollo 1 astronauts during a launch rehearsal test on January 27, 1967. -
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth's gravitational sphere of influence, and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. -
Apollo 9
Apollo 9 was the third human spaceflight in NASA's Apollo program. Flown in low Earth orbit, it was the second crewed Apollo mission that the United States launched via a Saturn V rocket. The first flight of the full Apollo spacecraft was the command and service module (CSM) with the Lunar Module (LM). -
Apollo 10
Apollo 10 (May 18–26, 1969) was the fourth human spaceflight in the United States' Apollo program and the second to orbit the Moon. NASA, the mission's operator, described it as a "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon landing (Apollo 11, two months later[4]). I -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was a spaceflight conducted by the United States. It marked the first time that humans landed on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969,