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Albert II
Albert II was a monkey that flew 83 miles (134km) upinto the air in a V2 engine space craft. He was considered to be the first thing living thing to make it into space. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the worlds first artifical satelite to be launched into space to orbit earth. -
Laika
Laika was a russian dog that was the was earthling into space and it also orbited earth. She only lasted a couple of hours because her capsule over heated. -
Belka and Strelka
Soviet dogs Belka and Strelka where the first two beings to make back to earth alive. They left earth and orbited together until they made back to earth alive. -
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin was the first human being to travel up into space. He orbited earth before come back down to russia and being greeted very warmly. -
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova was a soviet pilot and the first woman to leave earths atmosphere and orbit earth. She conducted some experiments on herself to see how the female body reacts to space. -
Apollo 7
Apollo 7 was the first Apollo launch the had a crew. it weighed 16519kg. -
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was a big success it was the first manned mission to orbit earth. -
Apollo 11
first moon landing -
Apollo 12
first major expeiments were performed -
Apollo 14
first sporting event played on the moon -
Luna 1
first probe to escape earths atmosphere -
Hubble Telescope
majorly used telescope is launched
