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It was built in 1998. It is a space station placed in Earth orbit, occupied by a crew dedicated to scientific research in the space environment. -
Skylab (sky laboratory) is the first American space station.
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The Blue Marble is a famous picture of the Earth taken by the crew of Apollo 17, at a distance of 45,000 km.
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At 38 yo, Neil Armstrong is the first man to set foot on the moon.
The American has put his left boot on the moon. -
The first human arrival on the moon is the American Apollo 11 mission commanded by Neil Armstrong, accompanied by Buzz Aldrin. -
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to go to space.
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The Telstar 1 is an experimental satellite was designed by Bell Labs.
It was the first satellite sent into space. -
Alan Shepard was the first American in space, for a flight that at an altitude of 187 km and lasted 15 minutes. -
NASA was created in the United States by
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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The dog Laïka was the first animal to go into Space. The dog was sent aboard the URRS spaceship. She died because a poison mixed with her food.
