Space Exploration

By kburke2016

  • Sputnik I

    Sputnik I was the first artificial satellite in space.

  • Project Mercury

    It was the first step of the U.S project to reach the Moon.

  • Alan B. Shepard

    He became the first U.S citizen in space.

  • Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin

    He became the first human in space. He orbited Earth and returned home safely.

  • John F. Kennedy

    He called for the United States to send humans to the Moon.

  • John Glenn

    He was and astronaut that became the first U.S citizen to orbit Earth.

  • Project Gemini

    Next step in reaching the moon.

  • Project Apollo 11

    The final stage of the U.S program to reach the Moon.It landed on the moon on July 20, 1969.