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Sputnik 1 was the first satellite in space by the USSR. It was manufactured by Energia -
Laika was a Soviet Space dog. She was originally a stray on in Moscow. She was aboard the USSR spacecraft Sputnik 2 -
The explorer 1 was the first US Satellite in space. It was launched from Cape Canaveral. It was able to orbit Earth every 1 hour 54 minutes. -
President Dwight D Eisenhower signed a law approving for NASA in response to the USSR continuous advances in space exploration -
HAM the chimp was the first chimpanzee to perform any space task. He was on the Mercury-Redstone 2 mission and reached altitude of 157 Miles. He returned in good health from space giving hope for future space travel -
Yuri Gagarin was the first human to ever enter space. He was in space for 1 hour and 48 minutes and made a singular orbit around Earth aboard the Vostok 1 -
Alan Shepard was an American astronaut and was the second man to ever enter space. He completed a sub-orbital flight aboard NASAs Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7. -
John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth aboard the spacecraft Friendship 7 which he named. He was played by Glen Powell in hidden figures ! -
John F Kennedy's speech had a key theme behind it that it was very crucial for the United States to be the first country to reach the Moon. Similar to the saying "losing the battle but winning the war" The US was behind the USSR in every space exploration advance however if they could reach the moon first they would win the Space Race. -
Russian Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was the first person to leave his spacecraft Voskhod 2 to further space exploration. -
It was the first crewed Earth orbiting spacecraft. Piloted by Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young. Was a three orbit mission and was the first lifting reentry of a spacecraft with people aboard. -
Ed White was aboard the Gemini 4 mission and he became the first American to do a spacewalk -
Elliot M. See and Charles A. Bassett were named to be the prime crew members aboard the Gemini 9 mission. However, both See and Bassett died in a plane crash as they were landing at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport. Due to poor weather the aircraft went into a building. -
Had 10 technological, medical and scientific carry out while aboard. Sixth crewed Earth orbiting spacecraft of the Gemini missions. Neil Armstrong and David Scott were aboard and it was both of their first space flights. -
The ninth crewed Earth orbiting spacecraft of the Gemini missions. It was a 3 day mission and was used to accomplish two EVA tests and accomplish the first orbit rendezvous and docking with the Agent target vehicle. As well as scientific experiments such as radiation on white blood cells, synoptic weather photography and UV astronomical photography. Aboard was Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. and it was his second space flight. Richard F Gordon Jr. and it was his first spaceflight -
At the launch pad at Cape Kennedy during a preflight test astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee all lost their lives when a fire occurred in their command unit. -
Walter Schirra Jr, R. Walter Cunningham, and Donn F Eisele were the astronauts aboard. This was a huge milestone in the Apollo missions because this was the first successful crewed Apollo mission -
Astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell Jr, and William Anders all were aboard this mission. Apollo 8 helped set up on flight communication and course changes. Tested systems and procedures to set up for success on later lunar missions -
Astronauts James A. McDivitt, Russell L. Schweickart, David R. Scott were all aboard an Earth Orbiting Engineering Test. It flew in low Earth Orbit -
Astronauts Thomas Stafford, Eugene Cernan, John Young all completed a lunar orbit in a separate module. Completed 12 television transmissions to Earth. -
Completed the goal set by President John F. Kennedy. That which astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins performed a crewed lunar landing meaning they landed on the moon and returned to Earth safely