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Also called rocket motors, have been used since the 1200s to launch fireworks and small military rockets.
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"Father of the Modern Rocketry"
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Also called rocket engines, use various combination of liquid chemicals.
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German researchers designed and built the V-2 ballistic missile.
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One of the first modern rockets.
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The first artificial object to orbit the earth.
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United States first satellite.
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Became the first person to travel in space.
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Became America's first person in space.
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Became the first American to orbit the earth.
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Became the first woman to fly in space.
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Extra Vehicular Activity, is any activity performed by an astronaut outside a spacecraft.
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A series of ten manned space flights .
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Launched the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon.
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Apollo CSM Columbia orbited the moon.
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A new type of spacecraft, the first spacecraft designed to be reused.
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Over fifteen nation's were working together to build what is now (ISS).
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The taikonaut that orbited the earth 14 times in his Shenzhou 5 spacecraft.