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Albert was a Rhesus money, a type of monkey that originally comes from Asia. Albert flew into space in a specially crafted American V2 rocket. It flew to a height of 83 miles from Earth.
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Russia launched the first satellite into space, Sputnik 1. It was the first satellite to orbit around the Earth. Sputnik means "Satellite" in Russian.
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men on the moon.
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