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First American in Space
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was the first American in space. He was selected from seven people. John Glenn was his backup.He rode in the Freedom 7. He got Meniere's disease and was forbidden from solo flights. -
President Kennedy Challeges
Kennedy had challenged for a man to be on the moon by the end of the decade. He had great pleasureto have a win in the space race. They wanted to defeat the Soviets. THey were sure that they would acheive. -
First American in Orbit
John Glenn was the first American in Orbit. He took three turn around the planet. He rode in a spacecraft called the Friendship 7. He landeed safely on Earth and his mission followed Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov. -
First Woman to Fly in Space
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to fly in space. She rode inside a 2.3 meter cabin. She did 43 orbits around the planet then got sent to Earth. She jumped off of the Vostok 6 and parachuted down when entering the atmosphere. -
First American to Walk Space
Ed White was the first American to walk in space. He floated and manuevered around the spaceship. he logged 6,500 mile during the stroll. He was protected from the sun's rays. He was attached to a gold cord to the ship. -
Man on Moon
Neil Armstrong was the first man on moon. He went with Buzz Aldrin. Kennedy's challenge was completed. They beat the Soviet in this. "This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. -
Apollo 13
The oxygen tank exploded. The landing on moon mission was cancelled. Their were numerous technical problems. They had a backup called Aquarius. They had a safe return. -
First Space Station in Space in The U.S.
It was the United States of America's first space station. Its name was Skylab. It was not the first one in the world. -
Soyuz 19- Apollo 18
It started Kazakhstan where Soyuz 19 started or launches.Audiences watched closely on television.It was a success. -
American Probe
It discovered something valuable on Mars. It had discovered water frost. The name was Viking 2 and Viking 1's sister. -
Sibling Probes
Two probes had landed on Jupiter and began transmitting images of the planet. They were Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. -
Another Probe
Another probe had went into space. The Pioneer II had reached Saturn. It had started transmitting images. -
Voyger 1
Voyager 1 had reached Saturn and started transmitting images.It went before Voyager 2. -
Voyager 2
It reached Satuirn and started transmitting images. It went after Voyager 1. -
Space Stroll
Bruce McCandless was the first man to space walk. It was an untethered space walk. He did not drift away. -
First American Woman In Space
Kathryn Sullivan was the first American woman in space. It was not to ride but to walk. She was tethered. -
Voyager 2
Voyager 2 reached Uranus and started transmitting images. -
Voyager 2
Voyager 2 reached Neptune and started transmitting images. -
Hubble
The Space Shuttle Discovery deployed the Hubble Space Telescope. -
Space Shuttle Endeavor
The Space Shuttle Endeavor launched into her maiden voyage. -
African American woman (first)
Mae Jemison became the first African American woman in space. -
Russia
Sergei Krikalev was the first Russian cosmonaut in space. -
Pathfinder
Mars Pathfinder landed on Mars and started transmitting images. -
Oldie
JOhn Glenn became the oldest person in space. -
NEAR is Near!
NEAR landed on the surface of Eros. -
Tourist
Dennis Tito was the first tourist in space. -
Program
President Bush proposes a new space program to have a base on Mars and beyond by 2015 -
Dust
Stardust brought back dust from a comet to Earth. -
Kepler
Kepler was launched to search for a planet out of solar system and in Milky Way. -
Spacex
Spacex sent something in space to orbit Earth and returned it to Earth. It was the first non-government organization to accomplish.