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Sputnic is launched into space
Sputnic one was the first satellite made by man to go into space.The Russians got the satellite up before America's project vanguard.Sputnic was launched from Kazakhstan, this was so great because this was the very begginig of the space race. -
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the first dog in space
The first dog in space was Lika a Russian dog.She survived getting into space but died in the atmosphere.This was important because know we know that we can go into space and we need to devolopbetter shielding for the ship. -
first us satellite succesfully launched
The first us satellite launched into space was explorer and burned up in the atmosphereduring the 1970's.This was important because now we have a satellite that we can use to spy on other countries. -
nasa IS founded
Nasa was founded by Dwight eisenhower and this is important because this agency discovers lots of things and invents many important things -
first man to orbit earth
the first man to orbit earth was Yuri gagarin and was in the Russian air force.This is important because he was the first man do anything like that. -
First us man in space
The first US man in space was Alan Shepard an dhe wa son apollo 14.This was important because he was one of the oringinal mercury 7. -
the first woman in space
The first woman in space was Valentina tereshkovaand was born in Russia.This is important because it proved men and women can do the same job just as well as men. -
first space walk
The first person to space walk was Alexey leonov and and was an airforce major general for Russia.This was important because before then they did not know what it was like to be floating around and now they can invent or improve technologies that already exist. -
First us space walk
The first us space walk was by Ed white and used a jet gun to control his floating.This was important because now we have caught up to the Russians space wise. -
Gemini 7
Gemini 7 was an american shuttle program and this specific flight had 4 people on it.This was important because they made a record by staying in space for 14 days. -
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was a triangular pod and was watched on tv's all over the us.This was important because it was on eof the first flights to be watched by the public. -
1st man on the moon
The first man on the moon was Neil armstrong and got there on apollo 11.Tis was important because no one has ever done that before. -
first us man to orbit earth
The first us man to orbit earth was John Glenn and this was important because the Rusians are no longer a hhead in the space race. -
first monkey in space
the firts monkey in space was albert the second but the he did not survive the fall even with a parachute.This was important because this was the end of the space race.
