space exploration

By jacobhil
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    space exploration

  • first satellite launch

    first satellite launch

    soviet union launches the satellite sputnik in to space
  • second satellite launch

    second satellite launch

    soviet russia launches sputnik 2, this time with a live dog named laika in it however she did not survive the voyage
  • first U.S. satellite launch

    first U.S. satellite launch

    explorer 1 launched into orbit
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    space exploration

  • launch of sputnik 5

    launch of sputnik 5

    soviet union launches sputnik 5 with 2 live dogs strelks and belka, they became the first livinging beings to survive a trip into space
  • first human in space

    first human in space

    russian cosmonaut yuri gagarin became the first human in space
  • first american in space

    first american in space

    astronaut alan shepard became the first american in space
  • operation man on the moon

    operation man on the moon

    president kennedy challenged america to get a man to the moon within the next decade
  • first american in orbit

    first american in orbit

    jastronaut john glenn became thie first american in orbit
  • first woman in orbit

    first woman in orbit

    Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova became the first woman in space.
  • first man to walk in space

    first man to walk in space

    while tethered to his spacecraft, cosmonaut alexi leonov became the first man to walk in space
  • first white american to walk in space

    first white american to walk in space

    astronaut ed white becamae the first american to walk in space
  • first picture of mars

    first picture of mars

    mariner 4 transmitted the first picture of mars
  • first spaceship to land on moon

    first spaceship to land on moon

    russian spacecraft luna 9 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon
  • first american spacecraft lands on the moon

    first american spacecraft lands on the moon

    surveyor1 is the first american spacecraft to land on the moon
  • venus atmosphere

    venus atmosphere

    a descent capsule from the soviet probe venera 4 collected data about the atmosphere of venus
  • apollo8

    apollo8

    apollo8 was launched and her crewmembers became the first men to orbit the moon
  • one small step

    one small step

    neil armstrong and buzz aldrin become the first men on the moon

  • orbit of mars

    mariner 9 is the first craft to orbit another planet
  • launch of skylab

    launch of skylab

    U.S. launched its first space station skylab