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The first animal in space was a dog named Laika. Laika made an orbital spaceflight around Earth in Sputnik 2 on November 3rd, 1957. -
The Sputnik 1 was launched October 4th, 1957. 1,440 orbits around Earth. The Soviet Union sent Sputnik 1 into space. -
The first satellite that was launched by the USA was called Explorer 1. This satellite launched on January 31st, 1958. This satellite was the first to successfully orbit the Earth. -
NASA was created by Dwight D, Eisenhower on July 29th, 1958. They created the Explorer 1, the Apollo mission, etc. -
On January 31st, 1961. Ham the chimpanzee went into space. -
On April 12th, 1961. Yuri Gagarin was the first man to be launched into space. He completed one orbit and then was safely returned back to earth. -
On April 12th, 1961, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to go into space and to orbit the Earth. -
On May 5th, 1961. Alan shepard became the first American man in space. He made a suborbital flight. -
On May 25th, 1961 President John F. Kennedy gave a speech that he would get a man on the moon by the end of the decade. -
John Glenn was the first man to orbit Earth by the USA. He orbited Earth on February 20th, 1962. He orbited Earth 3 times while on his space capsule Friendship 7. -
On March 18th, 1965. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov performed the first EVA in space. He spent 12 minutes, and 9 seconds outside of his spacecraft. -
On August 21st, 1965 Pete Conrad and Gordon Cooper made maneuvers while in space. -
On June 3rd, 1965. Ed White became the first American man do perform an EVA in space. He was outside of his spacecraft for a total of 21 minutes. -
On December 4th, 1965 Frank Borman and Jim Lovell spent 14 days in orbit up in space. -
Command pilot Elliot See and Pilot Charles Bassett, were killed in a plane crash on February 28th, 1966. They were abroad the McDonnell Aircraft plant in St. -
On March 16th, 1966 Neil Armstrong and David Scott flew to space and performed docking with 2 space crafts. -
The Apollo 1 Crew was supposed to launch on February 21st, 1967. Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Rodger Chaffee died from a fire inside of the spacecraft. -
On October 11th, 1968. Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham launched into space. They were the first flight crew in NASA's Apollo program. -
December 21-27 1968, Apollo 8 became the first spacecraft to leave Earth low orbit. This was the first spacecraft to reach the Moon. The 3 astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders were the first humans to witness and photograph an Earthrise. -
March 3rd 1968, Apollo 8 launched their mission. James Mcdivitt, David Scott and Rusty Schweickart performed procedures that were very critical on landing on the moon. -
On May 18th 1969, Thomas Stafford, John Young, and Eugene Cernan launched into space. Apollo 10 orbited the Earth 31 times. -
July 16th 1969, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Alrdrin became the first men on the moon.