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Early Space Exploartion
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Fruit Flies in space
The first animals were launched into space. Fruit flies were used to study the effects of space travel on animals. -
First Monkey in space
Albert 2, was the first monkey in space. He was a Rhesus monkey, a type of monkey that originally comes from Asia. -
Sputnik
The U.S.S.R. launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satillite to orbit the world. -
First animal in space
Laika was the first animal ever sent to space, rode in orbit Sputnik 2. -
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Middle years of Space Exploration
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First American to orbit Earth
John Glenn became the first american to orbit the Earth, completing three orbits. -
First Space walk
Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov takes man's first space walk. -
Mars Flyby
NASAS Mariner 4 conducts the first Mars flyby, because observers of Mars thought it may have civilization. -
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the moon, from Apollo 11 lunar module -
Salyut
Russia's salyut-1 the worlds first space station was launched from an unmanned rocket. -
Fatal Mission
Three cosmonauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav olkov, and Viktor Patsayev, die during re-entry of their Soyuz 2 spacecraft. A government commission disclosed that the three died 30 minutes before landing because a faulty valve depressurized the spacecraft. -
Exploring Mars
A U.S rover named Sojourner explored the surface/ geography of Mars. -
Voyagers 1 and 2
America's voyagers 1 and 2 were launched on Sptember 5th, and August 20th. These deep space probs are launched to study the outer solar system. -
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Later Space Exploration
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Hubble Telescope
The hubble space telescope was deployed in Earth's orbit by space shuttle discovery. -
International Space Station
The international space station was established -
Living in the international space station
An American and Russian crew begins living aboard the international space station. -
U.S messenger Mission
The U.S messenger mission tro mercury, launched in 2004, begins its year long orbit around Mercury.
