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In 1942 the German V2 was the first rocket to reach 100km from the Earth’s surface (the boundary of space).The rocket was designed by Wernher Von Braun, who later worked with NASA as the creator of the rockets that went to the moon.
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Russians launch a female dog into space. Laike the dog was launched into the satelight sputnik II.
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Russian Satelight Sputnik was launched into space and exited in the earths atmosphere
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A squirell monkey after spaceflight was lost in space. Gordo survived a 300 - mile journey into space
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Russia launched a rocket succesfully to the moon
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astonout dies in space when rocket crashes
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The unmanned voyager 2 spacecraft has sent back the first close up pictures of Neptune and its satelite planets.
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American John Glenn, the worlds olderst astonaut arives back on earth after a 9 day mission to space
