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Sputnik 1 was the first artifical satellite going up to space. It was also the size of a beach ball. It took it 98 minutes to orbit the earth.This is the event that started the space race.
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Sputnik 3 was designed to studdy the upper atmopshere.Also studied the pressure and was equipped with solar batteries.
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Was sent the study moons surfacace.It was sent up by a solid propellant rocket. This satellite didn't reach the moon.
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Was the first to reach the moon succesfully .Was sent to look at te gases of the moon.
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First satellite to land onhe moon. It is the second series of the luna satellites. While it was heading toward the moon radio signals were increasing.
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Luna 3 was the third series of the luna satellite.First to return back a picture to Earth. It was an image of 70 % of the moons surface.
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Was sent up to dtudy the television techniques designs.Also 2 cameras were sent up with it so it could take pictures of the Earth.
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1961 Yuri Gagarian what the first to orbit. Also was up there for approximetly 108 minutes and also first man in space
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John Glenn on feburary 20,1962. Was the first to ever orbit earth 3 times which nobody had ever done before.
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On December 14 , 1962.They sent up Mariner 2 After 102 days it had been in space it flew by the planet Venus . This was the first satellite that had ever passed another planet .
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Took a picture of the "Red" planet in the solar system.This satellite lasted up to 4 years.
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1964 July 31 satellite Ranger 7 . This was the forst one to send a CLOSE immage of the moon.
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Alexei Leonov was the first to walk in space. Also is know as the hero of the Soviet Union and first ever to step out of the space craft.
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On November 16 1959 .Venus 3 first man made object impacted Venus.When it was approaching Venus the connection went dead before landing on Feb 16,1996 before landing on the moon.
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n April of 1966 the first satellite orbited the moon.(lunar 10)
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Lunar orbiter 1 Aug 14 1966 . Was the one that took the very first picture if the earth all the missions were succefull but this picture was 99 % of the moon was taken.Before this picture was taken only 95 % of it was seen.
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Send the very 1st to return pictures Venus.Which earth recieved thses pictures.Cme back down on December 25,1975.
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This satellite reached Mars. Also landed on it. Also that is when water frost was descovered.
