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In 1957,the soviet union launched Sputnik 1,the first artificial satellite.
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Soviet astronaut (Yuri Gagarin) became the first person to orbit the Earth,making soviet union the leader in the space race. -
United states worked hard to send humans to the moon,the president John F Kennedy promised that America wold land a man on the Moon -
Apollo 11 launched with three astronauts:Neil Armstrong,Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.after travelling four days,they reached the moon,on July 20,1969,Neil Armstrong became the first man in to walk on the moon,he said the famous words:"that's one small step for man,one giant leap for mankind. -
The astronauts spent 21 hours on the moon conducting experiments,taking photos and collecting 382 kg of moon rocks.they returned safely tho earth on July 24 , 1969,landing in the pacific ocean -
NASA send five more successful Moon missions between 1969 and 1972 , but in the 1970s , there were no more humans to go to the moon -
NASA and private companies are planing new moon missions,and scientist are also preparing for possible missions to mars