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First man made object in space
The V2 rocket was the first man made object in space launched by German scientists. -
First animal in space
The first animals into space were fruit flies launched by a U.S. V2 rocket. The rocket went 68 miles in 3 minutes and 10 seconds. The fruit flies were recovered alive when the parachute landed on the surface. -
First unmanned orbital launch
Satellite 1 was the name of the Soviet Union staellite. It was launched by an R-7 rocket. It was unmanned and did a full orbit around Earth. -
First animal to orbit Earth
A dog named Laika was the first animal to orbit Earth. -
First man flight orbit around the Earth
It was carrying 27 year old Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The orbit took 1 hour and 48 minutes. -
First Mercury Flyby
USA launched a shuttle known as Mariner 2 into space. The shuttle encountered Venus at 35,000 kilometers above the surface. -
Fisrt Woman In Space
Valentina Tershkova was the first woman in space, orbiting the Earth 48 times before landing! -
First man on moon-Apollo 11
U.S.A put the first man on the moon by the rocket Apollo 11. -
Launch of first space station
Soviet Union launched the first ever space station in 1971. -
First spacecraft to flyby Neptune and Uranus
Launched on August 20, 1977, Voyager 1 and 2 were the first aircrafts to make flybys of the gas planets.
