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The first animal in space
The first animal ever let into space Intentionally were fruit flies launched in 1947 aboard a V2 rocket -
First satellite in space by USSR
Sputnik, was the worlds first artificial satellite launched by the soviet Union. -
Creation of NASA
The U.S congress passes legislation to establish the National Aeronautics and Space administration, a civilian agency responsible for coordinating Americas activities in space. -
The first animal in space by USA
A little dog named laika put on a small satellite to orbit the earth. -
First satellite launched by USA
The first satellite launched by U.S was the Explorer a 18 pound cylinder shaped object launched 4 months after sputnik -
First man in space by USSR
Aboard spacecraft vostok 1, the soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel in space. -
First man to orbit earth by ussr
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, was a soviet air force pilot who became the first to journey into space in his capsule vostik 1. -
First man in space by USA
Alan Shepard was the first American sent to space aboard the freedom 7 spacecraft. -
FIrst man to orbit Earth by Usa
John glenn became the first american to orbit the earth 3 times in the friendship 7 space capsule -
JFK's speech about commitment to moon
President at the time at John F Kennedy, gave a speech Addressing the nations space efforts as well as stating there commitment to the moon. -
First Man to do an EVA by USSR
Alexei leonov was the first person to perform an EVA and spent 12 minutes and 9 seconds outside of his spacecraft the voskhod 2 -
Apollo 1
Was the first crewed mission of the Apollo program 3 men issued to go Gus grissom, Ed white and Roger Chaffee, who all died in a tragic fire accident while testing -
First man to do an EVA by USA
Astronauts, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong performed the first EVA on the Moons surface
