space explorarion

By sfoster16
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    Space Exploration

  • Yuri A. Gagarin

    First human in space

  • Alan B. Shepard

    First U.S. citizen in space

  • John Glenn

    First U.S. citzen to orbit Earth

  • Mariner 2

    Explored Venus's atmosphere

  • Neil Armstrong

    First U.S. citizen to step foot on the moon

  • Pioneer 10

    First probe to explore an outer planet which was Jupiter and got pictures of it

  • Mariner 10

    Got the first good picture of the surface of Mercury

  • Viking 1

    Looked for life on Mars

  • Voyager 1

    Flew past Jupiter and Saturn

  • Voyager 2

    Flew past Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

  • Venera 8

    Took pictures of Venus

  • Magellan

    Mapped Venus's surface and returned data about it's atmosphere

  • Sputnik 1

    orbited around Earth