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Sputnik
The Soviet Union sends off into space, the first satellite called Sputnik. It weighed about 184 pounds and it circles the globe. ( Oct. 4, 1957 ) -
Laika the space dog
Laika was the first dog to orbit the Earth. The first human- like beng to go to space. Laika was launched into space in Sputnik 2. -
First human in Space
The first human in space was Yuri Gagarin. He was riding on the Soviet Vostok 1. -
First American in Space
American in space was Astronaut Alan Shepard. It was on May 5,1961, Presdent John F. Kennedy agrees to send as many men to the moon and back, before the year ends. Alan was one of the seven men chosen from 500 canidates to be an Astronaut in the year of 1959. -
First lady to fly in Space
Valentina Tereshkova was the first lady to fly in space. She was launched aboard on the Vostok 6, June 16, 1963. Flight 6 made 48 orbits around the Earth. -
Spacewalk
NASA Astronaut , Ed White made history on June 3, 1965, when he floated out of his hatch of he Gemini 4 capsule into space. The first American " Spacewalk" lasted 23 minutes. -
Death on Apollo 1
Apollo 1 astronauts- Gus Grissom, Ed white,and Rodger Chaffee dies during a test on the launchpad. they died by fire on January 27,1967. -
First space rescue
First space rescue was in Apollo 13. The oxygen tank exploded and they had to send help from the control crew. -
Apollo 11
People involved were, Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin a.k.a " Buzz" , and Michael Colins. They were the first people to go to the moon during Apollo 11. -
The first person to walk on the moon.
Neil Armstron was the first to step surface during Apollp 11 mission ( 1969 ) -
Salyut 1
Salyut 1 was the first space station put into Orbit. The Soviet Union launched in April 19,1971. -
First space station
in 1973, NASA sends its first Space station into space. It is called the Skylab but it got abandoned in 1974. -
First International docking
Was in July 17,1975. The American and Soviet Spacecraft showed a peaceful cooperation during the Apollo- Soyuz Mission . -
First landing in Mars
The first landing of Mars was in July 20,1976. People say that the first Mars landers might have stepped on Organic Matter and destroyed it on accident. -
First Female American astronaut.
The first female American astronaut , and third woman in space, was Sally Kristen Ride. Who flew aboard the space shuttle with John Fabian. -
Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison, was the first Black Woman Astronaut to go int to space. In 1987. Mae was accepted into NASA's Astronaut program . -
First year in Space
First year in space was on December 21,1988. Musa Manarov and Vladimir Titov stayed up in spacefor 366 days,they were part of the Russian space station. -
Space Telescope
The first space Telescope on April 25,1990. Millions of people on that day watched it on tv. -
First American to spend six moths in Space
The first American to spend six months in space was Shannon Lucid. She mad an incredible record, her total of days up in space was 233 days. -
First surface travel
First surface travel on another planet was on July 6,1997. It is called the Robot Sojourner explored the surface of Mars.
