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Sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union. It had a mass of 83.6kg. Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in orbit around the Earth.It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam in Russia.
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Russsia launches Sputnik 2 which carried a small dog named Laika into orbit.Russian sources revealed that Laika likely lived only a few hours in orbit before dying from overheating, the poor thing.
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America launched its first satellite. It weighed only 30 pounds, Explorer 1 was launched into orbit by the Army on a rocket.The Mission discovered that Earth had radiation belts around it.
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As you well know the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a very big part of the space race as it is the leading scientific facility for space exploration.
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The Russian satellite Luna 1 is launched in an attempt to hit the Moon. The satellite misses the Moon and is flung out into space by the Moon's gravity. It becomes the first man-made object to orbit around the Sun.What a lucky coincidence.
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With Russais Luna 1 missing yet now orbiting the sun they decide to launch another satellite, Luna 2 succesfully hits the moon!!
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Tiros 1 was the first weather satellite, the accomplishment went to America.Tiros proved extremely successful, providing the first accurate weather forecasts based on information obtained from space.
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Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was the first man in space. He rode on the Vostok 1.
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L. Gordon Cooper was the last man to go into space alone, he spent 34 hours in space
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Commander Pavel launched upon the Voskhod 2 and left the craft to be the first man to walk in space.
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Vladimir Komarov was the first man to die in space due to a parachute failure and there are many more deaths in space to come because space is a very dangerous place to be.Vladimir was on the shuttle of Soyuz 1.
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men on the moon America had won the race to the moon the event was recorded on live television world wide!!!
