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Called the Sputnik 1, this event marked the beginning of the Space Race. -
The dog was a stray dog named Laika who was launched into space in Sputnik 2. This event proved a living organism could survive a launch. -
Called the Explorer 1, the successful launch had enter the US into the Space Race. -
NASA was formed as a response to the launch of Sputnik 1. NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration, it is America's space program. -
Ham the chimpanzee flew in a Mercury capsule where he successfully completed his trained tasks in response to lights and sounds. -
A man named Yuri Gagarin made a single orbit around Earth while aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft. -
A man named Alan Shepard, he completed a 15-minute suborbital flight while aboard the Freedom 7 capsule. -
He believed this goal of traveling to the moon would be achievable within a decade, however, he also believed it wouldn't be easy. He liked the challenge. -
The mans name was John Glenn who completed his orbit around Earth in the Friendship 7 spacecraft. He circled the globe 3 times in 5 hours. -
Ed White, who spacewalked during the Gemini 4 mission . He was outside the spacecraft for about 23 minutes. -
His name was Alexei Leonov, he completed this task during the Voskhod 2 mission. He exited the spacecraft for a 12 minute spacewalk. -
The first two American astronauts flew in space whose names are Gus Grissom and John Young. The two flew 3 low Earth orbits -
Elliot See and Charles Bassett were a part of the original Gemini 9 Crew and both had unfortunately died in a plane crash -
This NASA mission included two astronauts whose names are Neil Armstrong and David Scott. Their goal was to perform the first orbital docking and to conduct an EVA -
The final of NASA's Gemini program, astronauts James Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin performed a 5 hours and 30 minutes spacewalk -
The crew consisted of astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee who all unfortunately perished in a fire during a launch rehearsal test -
The crew members names were Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham who launch was the first to be aired live on American television. Because of this launches success NASA felt the confidence to send Apollo 8 out 2 months later -
This crew, who consisted of Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders, was the first spacecraft to leave Earth's gravitational sphere of influence. The crew orbited the moon about 10 times without landing before returning to Earth -
James McDivitt, David Scott, and Russell Schweickart were the crew members for this mission where they tested mandatory systems and procedures for landing on the moon, they were successful -
With the crew consisting of Thomas Stafford, John Young, and Eugene Cernan, the mission was to sort of perform a "dress rehearsal" to test everything in preparation for the final moon landing -
This mission was the most important of all. The crew members were Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins who's goal was to land safely on the moon, their mission was completed and Neil Armstrong is known as the first human to walk on the moon