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Werner Van Braugn
was a German scientist who helped the Americans build a rocket during the space race. -
First person in space
Yuri Gargram was from Russia and he orbited the Earth 3 times. -
sputnik
was a russian sattelite they sent into space even though it didnt do anything it was the first in the world -
The first dog in space
Laika[mean barker in Russian] was the first dog in space and he was launched by the Russians. He died of sufiscation while on board. -
First monkey in space
He took off from Cape Carnval in Florida. The name of the rocket was Red Mercury. -
First American in space
was Alan B. Aheppard. He was the first American to go nto space on ar rocket. -
First person to orbit the Earth
John Glenn of America was the first person to orbit the Earth.