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the first "animal" in space by the usa was fruit flies. launched in the V2 rockets to test high altitudes.
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the soviet union successfully launched sputnik into space. first to put object into orbit around earth.
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the first animal to orbit earth by ussr was a dog named laika aboard sputnik 2.
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explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the usa
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the us congress passed legalization establishing the national aeronautics and space administration NASA.
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was the first man into space by the USSR
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The first man sent into space by the USSR is also the first man to orbit the earth by the USSR during the same flight.
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Alan Shepard was the first man into space by the USA in freedom 7
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John F Kennedy announced that the goal was to send an american safely to the moon before the end of the decade.
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the first man to orbit the earth from the USA was John Glenn in friendship 7
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The first man to do an EVA by the USSR was soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov who spent 12 mins and 9 seconds outside the Voskhod spacecraft.
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during the gemini 4 mission Ed White became the first american to space walk.
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during gemini 4 mission, ed white did the first space walk.
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T 38 Talon crashed at lambert field in st louis missouri killing two project gemini astronauts, Elliot See and Charles Bassett.
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during gemini 12 jim lovell and edwin aldrin conducted 3 EVAs along with 14 scientific medical and technological experiments to better understand the effects of space.
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a flash fire broke out during an apollo launch killing gus grissom, edward white, and roger chaffee,
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it was the first three person american crew to launch into space.
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apollo 8 was the first to leave low earth orbit and reach another astronomical object.
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first to encompass everything about a landing except actually landing.
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the first flight of a complete apollo spacecraft to operate around the moon
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first human landing on the moon!!