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A monkey named Albert was sent into space in a rocket to see the effects of space travel, and died of suffocation.
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Sputnik 1 was the first man made satellite launched into space. It was from Russia, and thus sent America into a panic, since they had no idea what it was/did. This was why NASA was founded.
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Liaka the dog was sent into space by the U.S.S.R. Liaka overheated after she got into space. This was to see if Russia could send people into space.
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The U.S. got their first satellite into space. This is when the U.S. got a satellite into space for the first time.
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NASA was established so we could catch up with the USSR's space technology development. This began the space race. President Eisenhower ordered it's establishment.
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Yuri Bagrin was the first man to orbit the moon. Russia beat America to the first orbit.
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John Glenn went to space for the U.S. This shows America was catching up to Russia in the space race.
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John Herschell Glenn orbits Earth. It shows that the U.S. is not far behind.
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Ms. Tereshova gets into space to be the first woman in space. This is showing that males and females are even in modern society.
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First activities outside a space shuttle by Alexai Leonoiv. This shows that people can go into space without dying.
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A space walk is when someone gets out of the ship and into space. Ed White was the spacewalker.
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People go into space to evaluate the effects. Russia goes into space to test the effects on their technology.
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The U.S. gets to the moon and back for the first time. This is showing that the U.S. could get to the moon and back.
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Neil Armstrong was the first person on the moon. He was from the U.S., showing how much further we had come in the space race.