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The "Bumper-WAC" was the first man made object to be sent to space. It was launched from Cape Canaveral on July 24 1950. It was a German developed V-2 rocket that flew to an altitude of 244 miles.

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On October 4 1957, Sputnik 1 was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site in Kazakhstan. The Soviet satellite was the first artificial satellite to be launched into orbit. It was in orbit for three months before drag caused it to fall back to earth.

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Laika was one of the first animal in space and the first dog in space. Her heart rate went up to 3 times its normal speed. She cooked to death while she was still in space because the cooling system in the space ship didn't work.

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Ham was a chimpanzee that the USA sent to space. He launched  on January 31 1961. He landed later that day, only being in space for 16 minutes and 39 seconds.

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Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet Cosmonaut that was the first person in space. He spent a total of 108 minutes and did one orbit around the earth. Because of this, he got awarded the nations highest honor, Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Alan Shepard was the first american in space. On May 5 1961 he launched in a Mercury Capsule. There was barely enough room for him, and the name of his capsule was Freedom 7.

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John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth. On February 20 1962, he was the third astronaut in the Mercury missions. His spaceship was Friendship 7. He also was the oldest person to go to space. On October 29, 1998 when he was 77, he went to space again.

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Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to go to space. She was launched on June 16 1963, and landed on June 19 1963.  Before she was a cosmonaut, she was a textile factory worker who was a big supporter of the Communist Party.

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Neil Armstrong was an American astronaut who was the first person to walk on the moon. His space ship launched on July 16 1969, and after 4 days, it landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. He spent 3 hours walking on the moon.

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The Apollo-Soyuz mission was a mission that was the USA and the Soviet Union. The space ships docked together. It symbolized the end of the space race. There were 3 American astronauts and 2 Soviet Union cosmonauts. The astronauts and cosmonauts conducted joint scientific experiments, exchanged flags and gifts.