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First animal in space by USA (Monkey Albert)
He was the first Primate to go to space but did die of suffocation during the flight. -
First Satellite launched into space (Sputnik)
Russians launch first artificial Satellite into Earth's orbit. -
First Animal in Space USSR ( Dog Laika)
Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft sent into space and the first to carry an animal. Though Laika died in the fourth orbit due to overheating. This was all done by the Soviets. -
The First Satellite Launched by the USA (Explorer 1)
Explorer 1 was the first successful satellite launched by the USA. -
Creation Of NASA
America creates NASA as a response to the Soviets launching Sputnik -
First man in space by USSR
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. -
First man in space by USA
Alan Shepard is the first man put into space by the US -
First man to orbit Earth by US
John Glenn is the first American to orbit the earth. -
JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon
John F. Kennedy declares we will make it to the moon by the end of the decade. -
First man to do an EVA by USSR
The first EVA was done by Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov -
First Two man Crew to go to Space
Gemini 3 was the first two-man crew to go to space with Gus Grissom and John Young -
First man to do an EVA by USA
Ed White is the first American to do an EVA. -
Gemini 6 and 7 Rendezvous in space
Gemini 6 and 7 meet in space and come right beside each other. -
Apollo 1 Catches fire and Kills 3
A flash fire broke out in the command module of Apollo 204 during a simulated launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, killing astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee of asphyxiation. -
Apollo 7 was the first crewed flight In NASA's Apollo missions
It was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program -
Apollo 8
The first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit, and also the first human spaceflight to reach another astronomical object, namely the Moon, which the crew orbited without landing -
Apollo 9
The first flight of the full Apollo spacecraft: the command and service module with the Lunar Module. -
Apollo 10
It was a dress rehearsal for the moon landing -
Apollo 11
We landed on the Moon
