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The former Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1 into orbit shocking the world and making it the first human-made object to ever be launched into space.
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The Soviet dog Laika is the first animal to orbit the Earth. She survived in space for 4 days and later died due to overheating, but it wasn't confirmed until 1999.
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The first U.S. satellite to carry science instruments. The primary science instrument that the satellite carried was a cosmic ray detector with the purpose to measure the radiation environment in Earth's orbit.
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The first human to travel into space, he was a Soviet pilot and Cosmonaut. His flight lasted 108 minutes as he circled the Earth for about one orbit.
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Alan was the first American in space and did not orbit the Earth but he did go on two space missions. He worked as the head of the Astronaut Office and left NASA in 1974.
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Any time an astronaut exits their spacecraft it is referred to as Spacewalk. The first American spacewalk was performed during Gemini 4 mission on June the third by astronaut Alexei Leonov. The walk lasted a total of 10 minutes.
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Apollo 1 was scheduled for launch on February 21, 1967, but tragedy occurred when a fire inside the spacecraft caused the death's the three astronauts, Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee.
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Apollo II was launched by Cape Kenndey with the main objective being to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy. The spacecraft carried commander Neil Armstrong, Micheal Collins, and Edwin Aldrin.
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