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Gemini III was the first crewed flight. Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John W. Young were the astronauts on this mission -
Named Sputnik 1 -
Laika was the first animal to be in orbit -
Named Explorer 1 -
Created due to the launch of Sputnik 1 -
Named Ham, flew on the Mercury-Redstone 2 mission -
Was a soviet cosmonaut named Yuri Garagin -
In this speech, he talked about his commitment to getting to the moon -
The first American astronaut was Alan Shepard -
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth -
Alexei Leonov was sent on Voskhod 2. He spent 12 minutes and 9 seconds outside the spaceship -
Ed white was sent on the Gemini 4 mission and spent 23 minutes outside the spaceship -
Gemini IV was the first mission to have the first American spacewalk -
Gemini V was the mission to set the longest-duration, lasting nearly 8 days -
Tragedy struck on the launch pad, killing all 3 crew members when fire swept through the command module -
Apollo 7, the first crewed Apollo mission, the names of the astronauts were Walter M. Schirra, Jr., R. Walter Cunningham, and Donn F. Eisele -
Apollo 8 was the first crewed ship to leave Earth's gravitational sphere of influence and the first human spaceflight to reach the moon. The astronauts' names were Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr., and William A. Anders -
Apollo 9 was the mission to perform an Earth-orbital engineering test to ensure it was ready for a lunar landing. The astronaut who did this was James A. McDivitt, Russell L. Schweickart, and David R. Scott -
Apollo 10 was the first crew lunar orbit. Thomas P. Stafford, Eugene A. Cernan, and John W. Young were the astronauts on the this mission -
Apollo 11 was the mission that put the first man on the moon. The astronauts who did this feat were Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins -
Apollo 13 was supposed to land in the Fra Mauro area, but an explosion forced circle the moon without landing. The mission was reassigned to Apollo 14