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Soviet Union sent the first artificial satellite into space. It was called Sputnik. Its purpose was to send back the temperatures of space. It orbited earth for 3 months.
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The first man was launched into space. His name is Yuri Gagarin. He was a Soviet he successfully circle earth in 108 minutes.
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The US sent the first American into space. His name was Alan Shepard he was up for a 15 minute sub-orbit.
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The first American to orbit earth was John Glenn. It took 4 hours and 56 minutes.
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The first women to go into space is Valentina Tereshkova. She spent 3 days alone in space.
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Apollo 1 members were killed due to a fire on the launch pad. These are the people who were killed Virgil Grissom, Edward White II, and Roger Chaffee.
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Apollo 11 lifts off. Millions of people watch the lift off.
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Apollo 11 lands on the moon. They were called Eagle.
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-Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong take the first steps on the moon. Armstrong says’’ It is one small step for man but one giant leap for mankind.’’
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The first space rescue happened. An oxygen tank exploded on Apollo 13. The crew returned home safely 4 days later.
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NASA sends their first space station into orbit. Its name is Skylab.
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Skylab is abandoned because it cost too much. So they design the Space Transportation System (STS)
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Sally Ride is one of the 6 women out of 35 scientists to be chosen to be an astronaut. She was so excited to hear this news!!!!!!
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Sally Ride is the first American women to go into space!!!!! The spacecraft she went to space in left at 7:33am.
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The first common person was killed going up into space. The person was a teacher her name is Christa McAuliffe. She was also the first teacher in space.
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The Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to leave the solar system. Now it is 6.5 billion miles away searching for the constellation Taurus.
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Sojourner was the first space probe in the solar system. It explores the surface of mars.
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- The first person to pay goes into space. His name is Dennis Tito and he payed $60 million to go into space.
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China sends the first Chinese man into space. His name is Yang Liwei. China is now the 3rd country to send a human into space.
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The first spacecraft successfully orbited Saturn . It also flew 800 miles away from Saturns largest moon,Titan.
