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1930s-1940s Nazis
V-2 Missiles were created to destroy cities like London.
They are enough powerful to overcome the force of gravity to reach orbital velocities -
1957 Soviets (satellite orbiting)
They launched the Sputnik 1 into space (fisrt artifical satellite) -
1958 Americans (satellite orbiting)
It's the first US satellite that was in orbit -
1961 Americans (first flight)
Alan Shepard became the first American to fly into space -
1961 Russians (human orbiting)
Yuri Gagarin is the first human to orbit Earth (Vostok 1) -
1962 Americans (human orbiting)
He is the first American to orbit Earth -
1969 Americans (Neil Armstrong)
He was the first human to step on the moon -
1970s (orbiting communications and navigation satellites)
They were used in the everyday life -
End of 1970s
These satellites has also been used to take photos of Jupiter and Saturn -
1980s
They are really widespread and used both to explore the Earth and to explore the rest of the space for example satellites discovered a ozone hole over Antarctica. -
1991 End of the USSR
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were divisioned and the Cold war ended -
2000 ISS
The International Space Station is used by many countries around the world -
Currently : Privet companies
Benefits... -
End of the ISS
That's what was supposed to happen, at least !