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Sputnik 1
The U.S.S.R launched the first artifital sattilite. Sputnik 1 orbited the world. Sputnik 1 was about the size of a beach ball and weighed only 83.6 kg or 183.9 pounds accourding to nasa. This started the journey of space exploration. After Sputnik was launched nasa launched 2 more satellite Sputnik ll and Explore 1 -
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Yuri Gagarin - First human in space
Nasa.gov Yrui Gagarin was the first human to orbit Earth. He traveld on Vostok 1. Vostok 1 circled Earth at a speed of 27,400 kilometers per hour. The flight lasted 108 minutes. According to Nasa. This was a major event that happened in space history -
John Glenn - First american to orbit Earth
Nasa.gov John Glenn was the first american to orbit Earth. He aboard the Friendship 7. He circled the Earth 3 times. He was in space for 218 hours. -
First look at Mars
Natgeo.com Early astronomers and reserchers believed there was evidence of a civilization. They thought this becasue they thought there were engineered canals. They sent Mariner 4 and found no evidence or life on mars. This assumption caused astronomers and reserchers to explore Mars more thoroughly -
Neil Armstrong - First man on the moon
Nasa.gov Armstrong became an astronaut in 1962. He was in the second group of astronauts ever chosen. He was the commander of Gemini 8 in 1966. He flew on that mission with David Scott. They were the first astronauts to dock, or connect, two vehicles in space.(Nasa.gov) -
Salyut 1 - First space station
Nasa.gov Salyut was the first space station launched into space. It was launched by a unmanned rocket. Accroding to Nasa the purpose of this space station was to test the elements of the systems of a space station and to conduct scientific research and experiments. This was the first time we sustained life in space. It also lead to 2 more space stations that were more successful. -
Voyager 1 and 2 - Deep space probes
Nasa.gov There were many missions these probes had to do. There primary mission was the exploartion of Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager 1 discovered active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io and intricacies of Saturn's ring. Nasa launched a twin probe to explore Uranus and Neptune. Till this day Voyager 2 is the only space craft that visited those outer planets. These to probes made it possible to explore space without humans needed to be there. -
Hubble Space telescope
nasa.govThe Hubble Space Telescope doesn't take pictures of stars, planets, or galaxies it takes pictures of them when the whril around earth. Over the past 25 years it has made over 1.2 million observations, ad also using it's data it has published more then 12,800 scientific papers. -
Sojourner - First Rover on mars
nasa.govSojourner was the first rover to explore the surface of mars. According to nasa this rover outlived it's life by 3 times. Also Sojourner returned 2.3 billion bits of information, including more than 16,500 images from the lander and 550 images from the rover, as well as more than 15 chemical analyses of rocks and soil and exMars was the first planet ever explored. It also may be able to sustain life.(www.nasa.gov) -
Cooperation in space
Nasa.govThe longest international operating space station. This station in a 16 parter station. They creted this because of competitive mode, political and funding realities.
