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This monkey, called Albert II, was the first monkey in space. Albert was a type of monkey that came from Asia, called Rhesus. He went into space on the American V2 rocket, and flew 83 miles from earth.
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Yuri Gagarin of Russia became the first person to go into space. He orbited the entire earth for and came back to earth just 2 hours after he launched. He was launched in the Vostok 1.
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The Surveyor 1 landed on the moon a few months after Russian probe, Luna 9, landed.
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Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. They flew on the Appolo 11, which had no problem getting them him there. "The eagle has landed" was the first words said on the moon.
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This happened on its second day in travel. The NASA people on board survived by improvising repairs. Everyone survived, but they did not go to the moon.
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The Space Shuttle was designed to be used up to 100 times. This was to make space travel cheaper. The Space Shuttle had 5 huge motor rockets, letting fly to 17,000 mph.
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The space shuttle exploded quickly after its departure, due to a fuel system failure. All of the seven astronauts on the Challenger died. Because of all this, all space shuttes were grounded for three years.
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They have been living there ever since. The ISS (International Space Station) ia a huge place made research and exploration. Its construction began in 1986, and finished in 2010.
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Dennis Tito paid 20 million dollars to ride in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. He was the first ever space tourist. He trained over 900 hours to acomplish this, but spent just a week in orbit.
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Built by a private aviation firm, which was to win the 10 million dollar Ansari X Prize. This space craft was called the SpaceShipOne.
