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The first satellite used by the USSR is Sputnik. It did a low orbit of the Earth -
The first animal in space was a dog named Laika. She rode in Sputnik 2, which went into low orbit around Earth. Sadly she died in space. -
The first satellite from the U.S. in space was the Explorer 1. It preceded to follow the USSR's Sputnik 1 and 2, thus starting the Cold War -
NASA stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It was created in response to the USSR putting the first satellites into space. It is also a civilian, non military organization -
Ham the Chimp was the first animal in spaced used by the U.S. He rode in the Mercury-Redstone 2 Mission, in suborbital flight. He was part of NASA's Project Mercury program. -
The first man in space ever was from the USSR. His name was Yuri Gagarin. He completed one orbit around and was brought back down. He was also the first man to orbit the Earth from the USSR. -
Alan Shepard was the first man in space from the U.S. He did a suborbital flight on his Mercury capsule named Freedom 7. -
Determined to be the first to get a man into space, JFK made a speech saying that by the end on the 60's, the U.S. will have put a man into space and gotten to the moon. -
John Glenn was the first man to orbit Earth from the U.S. He orbited for 3 times, for 4 hours and 56 minutes, going 17,000 mph -
Alexei Leonov was the first man to do and EVA from the USSR. He was out in space for 12 minutes and 9 seconds. -
Ed White was the first man to do an EVA who was from the U.S. He was on the Gemini 4 mission, and it lasted about 20 minutes. -
1) Gemini missions did several eva's, showing that a man could survive outside a capsule in space. Ed White and Jim McDivitt were the astronauts -
2) Gemini 6 docked with Gemini 7. They flew close together for 270 minutes -
On their way to training for the Gemini 9 mission, in a plane crash. -
3) Buzz Aldrin, finding the training for his mission of Gemini 12, decided to practice his tasks underwater to simulate the effects of being in weightlessness. -
Apollo 1, which was destined to fly February 21, 1967. An electrical fire started, leading to the asphyxiation and death of the crew. Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee all perished in the fire. -
It was the first live broadcast from an American spacecraft on television. -
Apollo 8 was said to have a 1/3rd % success rate. They were the first spacecraft with people aboard to reach another astronomical object. They were also the first human craft to leave Earth low orbit. -
It was the first spacecraft to fly with the whole Apollo craft; it had the lunar module and the command and service module. -
Apollo 10 was a "dress rehearsal" for the actual moon landing. They did everything that was required, except the actual landing. -
Apollo 11, one of the most famous--if not the most famous--mission in NASA history, was the first spacecraft that brought humans to the moon.