SPACE RACE

THE DESIRE HUMAN OF EXPLORE THE

SPACE WAS FULFILLED IN THE MIDDLE DRAMA OF ONE
THE WAR RIVALRY BETWEEN THE USSR AND THE OF
USA IN THE RACE TO DOMINATE SPACE. THE
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On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into
space, which at 83 kilograms and approximately the size of a

1961
basketball, became the first human-made satellite to orbit the
Earth.

1957
On November 3, 1957, the dog Laika became the first animal to
travel to space aboard Sputnik 2. One week after the. . - --- . ■
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release the dog died due to lack of
On December 21, 1968, the first human space flight oxygen.
around the Moon took place. It is also the first
human space flight to enter the gravitational
influence of another celestial body. His crew was
the first in history to see the far side of the Moon,
as well as the first to observe the Earth from our
satellite.
On January 31, 1961, Ham On April 12, 1961,
the chimpanzee became aboard Vostok 1,
the first hominid to travel Yuri Alekseyevich
into space. His flight Gagarin became the
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lasted 16 minutes and 39 first human being to
On March 18, 1965, Alexei seconds after which he
travel to outer space.
Arkhipovich Leonov, who was was rescued in the
traveling aboard Voskhod 2,
became the first human being to
The first Atlantic Ocean with only
a bruise on his nose.
perform a spacewalk, remaining walk
outside the ship he shared with
cosmonaut Pavel Belyayev for 12 space
APOLLO 11 minutes.

1965
GEMINI 7 spent 14 days in space,

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making it the longest manned space
flight at that time.
During the flight, it rendezvoused with
GEMINI 6. Both the long duration GEMINI On June 16, 1963, . . . . — .
On July 20, 1969, Neil
Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin 6 and 7 Aboard Vostok 6, Valentina
became the first two men to - the
y Tereshkova became the first
Space flight as a docking were the woman to travel into space on a
land on the Moon aboard necessary precursors to the
the Lunar Eagle module of APOLLO lunar mission.
mission that would last 3 days
the Apollo 11 mission. and during which she completed The first
48 laps around the Earth.
woman in
the
space