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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It was the United States of America's first space station. Its name was Skylab. It was not the first one in the world.
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It started Kazakhstan where Soyuz 19 started or launches.Audiences watched closely on television.It was a success.
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It discovered something valuable on Mars. It had discovered water frost. The name was Viking 2 and Viking 1's sister.
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Two probes had landed on Jupiter and began transmitting images of the planet. They were Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.
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Another probe had went into space. The Pioneer II had reached Saturn. It had started transmitting images.
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Voyager 1 had reached Saturn and started transmitting images.It went before Voyager 2.
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It reached Satuirn and started transmitting images. It went after Voyager 1.
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Bruce McCandless was the first man to space walk. It was an untethered space walk. He did not drift away.
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Kathryn Sullivan was the first American woman in space. It was not to ride but to walk. She was tethered.
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Voyager 2 reached Uranus and started transmitting images.
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Voyager 2 reached Neptune and started transmitting images.
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The Space Shuttle Discovery deployed the Hubble Space Telescope.
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The Space Shuttle Endeavor launched into her maiden voyage.
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Mae Jemison became the first African American woman in space.
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Sergei Krikalev was the first Russian cosmonaut in space.
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Mars Pathfinder landed on Mars and started transmitting images.
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JOhn Glenn became the oldest person in space.
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NEAR landed on the surface of Eros.
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Dennis Tito was the first tourist in space.
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President Bush proposes a new space program to have a base on Mars and beyond by 2015
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Stardust brought back dust from a comet to Earth.
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Kepler was launched to search for a planet out of solar system and in Milky Way.
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Spacex sent something in space to orbit Earth and returned it to Earth. It was the first non-government organization to accomplish.