Space Race

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  • Sputnik I

    First artificial satellite in space.

  • Alan B. Shepard

    First U.S. citizen in Space.

  • Yuri A.Gagarin

    First human in space, he was a Soviet cosmonaut.

  • Mariner 2

    Sent to Venus and obtained that Venus has very high tempatures in its atomosphere.

  • John Glenn

    First U.S. citizen to orbit earth. He flew on Mercury.

  • Apollo 11

    First rocket to land on the moon.

  • Pioneer 10

    Sent to Jupiter it sent back photos of Jupiter . First probe to encounter an outer planet.

  • Viking 1

    Sent to Mars, orbiter mapped the surface of Mars and lander landed on Mars and searched for life.

  • Magellan

    Sent to Venus and mapped Venus's surface and returned data on the composition of Venus's atomosphere.

  • Galileo

    Reached Jupiter in July 1995.