Space Exploration

By Ms. Jen

  • Sputnik, Russia man-made object, launches into space

  • Explorer I, first American satellite, sent into space

  • Yuri Gargarin, Russian, is first person in space.

  • John Glenn, first American in space, in Mercury mission

  • Scott Carpenter, American, orbits Earth 3 times, in Mercury mission

  • First woman in space, Russian Cosmonaut

  • First space walk by cosmonaut