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Space Race
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Launching of Sputnik
This was the first satellite put into the earth's orbit. It was started by the Soviet Union, which got the U.S.A. into the race. It marked the beginning of the Space Race between us and them. -
Explorer 1
This was the first time that an American satellite was able to reach orbit. It transported scientific equipment that helped us discover the Van Allen radiation belt. -
Luna 1
It was the first object that was made by man to orbit the sun. This was sent up by the USSR. -
Yuri Gagarin
This man was the first to orbit the earth. Which also means he was the first man to enter space. -
Alan B. Shepard
This was the first American Astronaut to enter Space -
Alexei Leonov
Also from the Soviets, they had the first man to spend 12 minutes outside of his Voshkod spacecraft performing the first spacewalk. -
American Spacewalk
Ed White made the first space walk while Jim McDivitt remained in the capsule. -
Luna 10
This was the first spacecraft to make a soft-land on the moon. The Soviets beat us in almost everything. -
First pictures of Earth
Lunar Orbiter 1 enters the moons orbit and took the first pictures of the planet Earth -
Apollo 1 Fire
Gus Grossom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee all die in a fire when their capsule caught fire on the launch pad. -
Apollo 7
This is the day that Apollo 7 began their boring mission about studying the new SpaceCraft. -
Gensis Reading
Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders all took turns reading from Gensis to all of the world to here. -
First to walk on Moon
Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin are the first men to walk on the moon while Michael Collins kept on orbiting the moon. -
Lunar Landing
Pete Conrad and Alan Bean make the first percision landing about 600 feet from Probe 3. -
Apollo 17
It was the 11th manned mission by Apollo and was the final manned mission for the U.S.A.
