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It was the worlds first satellite in space
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It was the United States first satellite in space
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It was the second satellite but failed to orbit the earth because the Jupiter-C rocket failed to ingnite
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without NASA we would not have a lot of space history
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First person to space and he flew one orbit around Earth
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Grissom nearly escaped but died in 1967 Apollo launch pad fire
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Was the worlds first woman astronaut to space
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He was the first man in space and made really important history
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Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon while Buzz Aldrin followed him and Michael Collins orbited the moon
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Scott M Carpenter
Gordon L Cooper Jr
John H Glenn
Virgil Gus Grissom
Walter M Shirra Jr
Alan B Shepard
Donald Slayton were the first American astronauts to go to space