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Kennedy page 582
1962 September was a year after the soviet cosmonaut. A guy named Yuri Gagarin, he was the first person to orbit the Earth. The president at the time President Kennedy he told over 40,000 people in a football stadium which is amazing at the Rice University in Houston Texas. The United States wanted to take control of the space race Kennedy had a plan for it. -
The Moon page 618
In 1969 the Apollo 11 had landed on the moon. The scientists waited on Earth waiting for their samples of the moon and rock. The samples that they are bringing back are going to tell us more about the history of the moon. -
Preface page 614
The American people wanted to know what it would be like if we sent an animal into space. On January 31, 1961, the American people sent a chimpanzee into space. -
Dreaming page 599
In 1969 there was a mission on July 20 called the Apollo 11. It was to put the first man on the moon. There was a worldwide broadcast showing it. -
Fly page 591
This will show you Yuri Gargarin's life during his April 1961 Vostok mission. -
Seagull page 586
In 1963 they were doing highly secretive preparation and training. Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to travel in space. Valentina circled the earth 48 times. She logged all of that more than American male astronauts combined. -
Life on Mars page 623
There is a reality TV show that would send volunteers to colonize Mars. -
Aldrin page 605
Aldrin talks about what happened on the Apollo 11 mission with the high points and all the hazards -
Katherine Johnson page 626
Katherine Johnson was a mathematician and work and NASA and NACA. She is a very smart woman. -
Nearly forgotten story page 627
The black and African American people who fought for their rights in stuff when they worked in NASA like their freedom to do things or anything like that