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Sputnik 1
The Soviet Union succesfully launched Sputnik. It's the world's first artifical satellite. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. It's about the size of a beach ball. -
Explorer 1
It is an orbiter. The purpose of the mission was to orbit earth. It was the first successfully launched satellite by the United States. It carried a cosmic ray detector which led to the discovery of radiation belts around earth. -
Mercury Freedom 7
A capsule that launched the first American into space. The astronaut's name is Alen Shepard. Its mission was to see how man survived in space. -
Gemini 3
It was piloted by astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young. It was designed as a bridge between the Mercury and Apollo programs, to test equipment and mission procedures in Earth orbit and to train astronauts and ground crews for future Apollo missions. The gemini was a cone shaped capsule with space for two men. -
Apollo 11
It launched from Cape Kennedy. The astronauts on it were Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. There objective was to traval to land on the moon. It was the first capsule to land on the moon
