America

Russia

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America was one of three nations that

independently developed the fundamental
principles of space travel and rocketry the
others being Russia and Germany.

Sputnik 2 which carried a small dog named Laika

into orbit.
Luna 1 is launched. A russian man, made object to orbit
the Sun

2.The Americans were the first to find out that

animals can survive inn space.

Luna 3 orbits the Moon and photographs 70% of its

surface.

3. Mae C. Jemison is the first AfricanAmerican female astronaut

Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth once and becomes the first
man in space.

4. She became the first African-American

woman to be admitted into the astronauttraining program.

Gherman Titov spends a day in space aboard Vostok 2.

5. The space race in July 1969, the US

National Space and Aeronautics launched six
more Apollo missions to the moon.

Alexei Leonov spends 12 minutes outside of his

Voskhod spacecraft performing the first spacewalk.

6. In October 1957, the Soviet space program

took an early lead, and in many ways
signalled the true beginning to the space race
when they successfully launched the first
artificial satellite.
7. Lunik 1 was launched towards the moon on
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January 2 , 1959. Following the decision to
set aside initial plans to load the craft up with
a small atomic bomb, which would explode
upon impact with the moon.
8. In terms of instruments, the Sputnik carried
only a radio transmitter designed to transmit
on the 15-meter short-wave band.
9. January 31 - Explorer 1 was the first
satellite launched by the United States when
it was sent into orbit on January 31, 1958.
10. August 19 - 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.

Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova becomes the first

woman in space.

Venus 3 is launched. It becomes the first man made

object to impact Venus on March 1, 1966.
Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to soft-land on the
Moon.
Venera collects data about the atmosphere of Venus.