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Sputnik
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into space. -
Sputnik 2
The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 was launched with a dog named Laika on board. Laika did not survive the voyage. -
Explorer 1
the first satellite launched by the United States when it was sent into orbit on January 31, 1958. It was designed and built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the California Institute of Technology. The satellite was sent aloft from Cape Canaveral in Florida by the Jupiter C rocket that was designed, built, and launched by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) under the direction of Dr. Wernher Von Braun. -
Sputnik 5
The Soviet craft Sputnik 5 was launched, carrying the dogs Strelka and Belka. They became the first living beings to survive a trip into space. -
Yuri Gagarin
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. -
Alan Shepard
Astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space. -
Gemini 7
The objective of rendezvous was so important, that it was decided to fly Gemini 6A at the same time as Gemini 7, using the latter as the rendezvous target. -
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was launched, and later her crew members became the first men to orbit the moon. launched with Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr. and William A. Anders, the first Apollo to use the Saturn V rocket, and the first manned spacecraft to orbit the Moon, making 10 orbits on its 6-day mission. -
First Men on the Moon
Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men on the moon.
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Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. make the first manned soft landing on the Moon, and the first moonwalk -
Sally Ride
the first American woman in space on Challenger’s second mission.
