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Sputnik 1 was the first artifactual satellite that made it into orbit. Sputnik 1 was put into orbit by the soviet union.
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A dog named Laika was the first dog in space. Sadly she didn't make it back alive as she eventually died in space.
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Explorer 1 was what the US called their satellite as it went into orbit on January 31, 1958
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The first US man that traveled into space was named Alan B. Shepherd. He was in a capsule named Freedom 7.
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JFK's speech called we choose the moon took place at Rice University. The place was packed full of a bunch of people.
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Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. She worked for the Soviet Union.
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The first spacewalk was on the moon. The first person was Neil Armstrong.
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Mariner 9 was the first spacecraft to orbit another planet. That planet was Mars. It had beaten the Soviets to Mars.
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Galileo was the first spacecraft to fly around Jupiter.