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Sputnik 1
The Soviets were the first people to ever make an artifical satilite and lauch it into orbit. This started the space race. -
eploporer 1
in 1958 the Americans finaly cought up with the Soviets and lauvched the first American satilite into the Earths orbit. -
First Human in Space
in 1961 a few years after the firts satalite was launched into space ,the Soviets launched Yuri Gagarin into space inside the Vostok 1 and became the first sucessfull human to ever be in space and in orbit of the Earth. -
First American in Space
On May, 5, 1961 not even a month after the Soviet's Yuri Gagarin was launched into space the US launched astronaught Alan Shepard was launched in to space in his ship Explorer 1 making him the first American to be in space and orbit Earth. -
First Pictures of the Moons Surface
On July ,30 ,1964 ranger seven took the first close up picture of the moon. -
First Space Spacewalk
On March, 18, 1965 Alexey Leonov made the first sapcewwalk ever, it lasted a time of 10 minutes and after wards he returned to his ship Vostok 11 -
First American Space WALK
On june, 4, 1965 Ed White performed the first American space walk. It was performed on the third orbin of the earth when he left the capsul and it lasted for 26 minutes and then he returned to his ship, Gemini 4 -
Soviet Rover Crashes Near Apallo 11
on July, 13, 1969 the Soviet space craft Luna 11 crashed into the lunar surface after it tried to get closer to the landing spot of Apallo 11 and coming in too fast and at the wrong angle. Once the ship crashed the Space Race was over, the Americans were the winners. -
FIRST MOON LANDING
On July, 21, 1969 Buz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed on the moon aboard the eagle, which was part of the apalo 11 spacecraft . They spent a total of 21 houres on the moon and then returned home.
