Space Journeys (Shortened)

By Dudik987

  • The First Satellites

    The Soviet launched the first artificial sattelite named Sputnik 1.

  • Laika's Launch

    The Soviet Launched another satellite named Sputnik 2 and put a dog named Laika on board

  • The First Satellite to the Moon

    The Russian-built satellite named Lunik 1 was launched to pass over the Moon.

  • The First US Satellite

    The US launched their first artificial satellite named Explorer 1

  • Space Probe on the Moon

    The Lunik 2 probe was launched. It was made to land on the Moon.

  • Photographs of the Moon

    The Lunik 3 is sent to the Moon to take a photo of the moon's hidden side.

  • The First Weather Satellite

    The US launched the first weather satellite named Tiros 1

  • First Man Above the Planet

    Yuri A. Gagarin was sent on board the spacecraft Vostok 1. Yuri is the first man orbiting the earth.

  • The First American Above Earth

    John Glenn, an astronomer was sent into Mercury 6 to orbit earth. It takes 5 hours to finish the mission.

  • The First Telecommunication Satellite

    US Launched the first telecommunication satellite they called Telstar 1.

  • Record Broken! The Longest Orbit around earth record goes to...

    W.M. Schirra Jr.! This astronaut completed 6 orbits in more than 8 hours inside Mercury 8.

  • Womans Never goes to space?

    Read again. Valentina V. Tereskova is the first woman in space on board Vostok 6.