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John Glenn
John Glenn was born on July 18, 1921 in Cambridge, OH and died on December 8, 2016. Glenn was a US Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, and a US Senator from Ohio. In 1962 he became the first human to orbit earth and climb it three times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glenn -
Sputnik 1
The Sputnik 1 was the first ever artificial Earth satellite. Sputnik was a success the first time it launched into Earth's orbit. The Sputnik was made of aluminum alloy and had five primary scientific objectives. The objectives were testing methods, providing information by calculations, determine effects and checking the principles. The link I found this information on is below. https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_924.html -
Luna 1
Luna 1 was the first aircraft that reached to the moon. Luna 1 was sphere shaped and had 5 antennas coming from one hemisphere. Other words for Luna 1 are Mechta, Cosmic Rocket, Lunik 1, and 00112.
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1959-012A -
Apollo 11
The Apollo 11 was a successful spaceflight launched from Cape Kennedy that allowed the first two humans to land moon. Those two men were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/landing-missions/apollo11.cfm
