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First Man In Space (Note Date and Month aren't right)
Yuri Gagarin (born on March 9th, 1934, died on March 27th, 1968) is from the USSR. He entered orbit of the Earth and became the first human in space. This event showed it was possible to go into space, so other countries sent astronauts into space. -
First American in space (Note Date and Month aren't right)
Alan Sheperd (born on November 18th, 1923 and died on July 21st, 1998) became the first American in space. Americans were so happy that an American went into space. -
First Woman In Space (Note Date and Month aren't right)
Valentina Tereshkova (born on March 6th 1937) is from the USSR She became the first woman in space. This event inspired girls to go into space. -
First Humans on the moon (Note Date and Month aren't right)
Neil Armstrong (born on August 5th, 1930) and Buzz Aldrin (born on January 20, 1930) became the first people to step on the moon in history. Fact: Michael Collins, (born on October 31, 1930) was the third Apollo 11 member and he didn't get to step on the moon. Millions of people watched this on T.V. -
First Canadian in space (Month and Date aren't right)
Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space. This event made other Canadians want to explore the wonders of space. -
Orbited how many times? (M and D aren't right)
Dr. Dafydd Rhys Willams spent 16 days in space and he orbited the Earth 256 times. A lot of people probably were shocked by that number of orbits -
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Dafydd Rhys Willams becomes... (date isn't right)
Dr. Dafydd Rhys Willams became the Director of Space at the Johnson Space Center. -
First Canadian to get NASA's OLM (M and D aren't right)
Dr. Dafydd Rhys Williams was the first Canadian to be awarded NASA's Outstanding Leadership Medal. This showed Canadians can be great astronauts. -
First Chinese Person in space (M and D aren't right)
Yang Liwei became the first Chinese person in space. China became the first Asian Country to go into space. -
ISS Construction (M and D aren't right)
Dr. Dafydd Rhys Willams worked with the Canadarm and Canadarm 2 for construction of the ISS (International Space Station). The ISS is a good home for astronauts.
