https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp en-us 2022-04-01 19:30:16 UTC 2025-10-31 19:00:47 UTC hello@padlet.com 521693656 https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125961774 USSR launches Sputnik 1, it is the first earth orbiting satellite ever. ]]> 2022-04-01 19:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125961774 521693656 https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125964110 US enters space race, launched Explorer 1. The first US satellite to reach orbit. It carried experimental equipment. ]]> 2022-04-01 19:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125964110 521693656 https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125967081 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created in the United States. It replaced the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA). Above is the first NASA logo. ]]> 2022-04-01 19:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125967081 521693656 https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125969476 The USSR lauched the Luna 1, it was the first cosmetic rocket. It got out of orbit, it was the first man make thing to leave earths orbit and instead orbit the sun. 

]]> 2022-04-01 19:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125969476 521693656 https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125982479 US launched Explorer 6. It is the first weather satellite and first to capture photos of earth from space.]]> 2022-04-01 20:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125982479 521693656 https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125985579 USSR launched Luna 2 and accomplished their mission of making the very first spacecraft to make it to the surface of the Moon. ]]> 2022-04-01 20:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125985579 521693656 https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125991174 A US chimpanzee named Ham becomes the first great ape in space. It also survived the landing. ]]> 2022-04-01 20:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125991174 521693656 https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125993864 The US was successful in its first pilot-controlled journey and with the first American in space. It was Alan Shepard on the Mercury Redstone 3 spacecraft. During the flight he didn't orbit the earth, he flew 116 miles high and it lasted about 15 minutes. ]]> 2022-04-01 20:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125993864 521693656 https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125996305 The first civilian and woman went to space, Valentina Tereshkova. She spent almost three days in space, she orbited the earth 48 times while on the spacecraft. The spacecraft was Vostok 6.]]> 2022-04-01 20:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125996305 521693656 https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125998390 The first spacewalk ever happens. The person was Alexei Leonov. He left his spacecraft, the Voskhod 2 in a special spacesuit and did a twelve minute space walk.]]> 2022-04-01 20:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/521693656/56lowjx86qdvy2gp/wish/2125998390