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Page 3: Space Explorationlaguardiascience.weebly.com/.../space_exploration.pdfSpace Exploration October 4, 1957 April 12, 1961 May 5, 1961 U.S. Space Hero Safe After 3-0rbit Flight COL Glenn

April 12, 1961

Yuri Gargarin

First person in space

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May 5, 1961

Alan B. Shepard

The first American to go

into space

Page 5: Space Explorationlaguardiascience.weebly.com/.../space_exploration.pdfSpace Exploration October 4, 1957 April 12, 1961 May 5, 1961 U.S. Space Hero Safe After 3-0rbit Flight COL Glenn

February 12, 1962

John Glenn, Jr.

First American in

orbit

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June 16, 1963

Valentina Tereshkova

First woman to go into

space

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July 20, 1969

Neil Armstrong

The first person (American) to step foot on

the moon

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Apollo

The missions to the moon

The number of missions

that made it to the moon?

6, so 12 men have walked

on the moon!

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April 19, 1971

Salyut 1

First space station to orbit

the Earth

First Occupation of Space

Station June 7

Page 10: Space Explorationlaguardiascience.weebly.com/.../space_exploration.pdfSpace Exploration October 4, 1957 April 12, 1961 May 5, 1961 U.S. Space Hero Safe After 3-0rbit Flight COL Glenn

July 20, 1976

Viking

First US Mars Landing

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April 12, 1981

First Space Shuttle Launch

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June 18, 1983

Sally Ride

First American woman to

go into space

Page 13: Space Explorationlaguardiascience.weebly.com/.../space_exploration.pdfSpace Exploration October 4, 1957 April 12, 1961 May 5, 1961 U.S. Space Hero Safe After 3-0rbit Flight COL Glenn

February 20, 1986

Mir

First modular space station

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July 4, 1997

Pathfinder Probe Landed on Mars

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Future Mars Rovers

Spirit: June 10, 2003

Opportunity: July 7, 2003

Mars Science Laboratory: November 26,

2011

Will arrive October 2012

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November 20, 1998

International Space Station

Habitual artificial satellite

Components launched from both America and

Russia

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July 8, 2011

Atlantis Launched

Last Shuttle

Landed July 21, 2011 marking the end of

NASA’s 30 year shuttle program