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USA. Albert 1. The first living thing in space
Albert 1 was the first living creature in space. Albert 1 was a monkey sent by the US. He was not the first in orbit tho -
USSR Sputnik I is launched into space
The USSR launched the first artificial satellite into space. People in the US believed that this satellite helped the USSR spy on Americans. -
USSR, Laika. The first living thing to orbit in space.
Laika was the first living thing in space. Sadly within hours the ship overheated and the dog died of heat exposure. (that's why you leave the window open when you leave your dog in the car) -
USA, Launching the first US satellite
The US had to come back and launch their own satellite. When they launched the USSR had to do another great thing -
USSR, First aircraft on the moon
Luna 2 was the first successful aircraft on the moon. It sadly had no people in it but that was the next thing to do. -
USSR, The first man in space.
Yuri Gargan was the very first human in space. He did not orbit or anything, he was just shot up and came back down. -
USA, Alan Shepard is the first american in space
Alan Shepard did exactly what Yuri did. Not orbit he just went up then back down. -
USSR, First woman in space
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. She was from the USSR. She was there about 3 days. -
USSR, First space walk.
Alexey Leonov was the first man to walk out into space. He was an air force man then went into space. -
USA, First space walk.
Ed White was the first American to walk in space. This was when NASA came in. -
USA, Apollo 11. Moon landing
Apollo 11 was the first to have people to walk on the moon. The ship had 2 people on, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. -
USSR, First spacestation.
The very first space station was the USSR's Salyut 1. The US soon developed there own one. -
USA, Skylab, the american space station.
Skylab as the first American space station. It was owned by NASA and used for space science. it lost orbit a few years later. -
USA, First american woman in space.
Sally Ride wans the first American woman in space. She was a tennis star then went to college then to space.
