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Space Exploration! Facts about the missions BY: Gale, Koral, Ben, And Mark  ·   Space exploration began when soviet union lanched Sputnik 1 on 1957 for 1 orbit Sputnik 2 launches a dog named Laika into space in 1957 for 7 orbits ·  Soviet Union launches Vostok 1, carrying the first man in space, Yuri A. Gargarin, in April 12, 1961 for 1 orbit. A month later the first American, Alan B. Shepard, went into space in May. ·  1963-1969 race to the moon between U.S. and S.U.   ·   Soviet's Vostok 6 carries Valentia Tereshkova, the first woman in space, around the earth 48 times in 1963 ·  American Explorer 1 launches in 1958. First American ship in space.  ·    Nasa created in 1958 Soviet Union first space walk in 1965, preformed by Aleksei Leonov ·  First "Rover" mission in 1971 using an electric car nicknamed Rover to traverse the moon's surface. ·  First space station created by the soviets called Salyut launches in 1971 ·  U.S. probe Viking 1 lands on Mars for the first time in 1976. ·     U.S. Space Shuttle program starts in 1981 called STS ·  in 1990, Hubble space telescope was deployed in space to take pictures of the universe. ·  in 1998, the international space station is under construction. ·    Date=July 20, 1969 (Apollo 11 first man on the moon) "One small step for man, one GIANT leap for man kind.", Neil Armstrong ·  On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong put his left foot on the rocky Moon. It was the first human footprint on the Moon ·     The first piloted voyage to the moon began on Dec. 21, 1968, when the United States launched the Apollo 8 spacecraft. ·  On January 28, 1986, a tragic accident occurred the U.S. space shuttle Challenger tore apart in midair, killing all seven astronauts aboard. The shuttle was redesigned, and flights resumed in 1988. A second tragedy struck the shuttle fleet on Febuary 1, 2003 the Columbia broke apart as it reentered Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven of its crew members. ·   Spirit reached Mars on Jan. 4, 2004, Universal Time (Jan. 3, 2004, Pacific Standard Time) ·  NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity is setting its sights on a crater more than 20 times larger than its home for the past two years. ·  Mae C. Jemison was the first African American woman in space. ·  .Sally Ride was the first american woman in space. Creative story! The Space Race There was once a spaceship that was so powerful it could go anywhere in the universe, it was called the Fallogbe. Some of the greatest space explorers of all time piloted it. Neil Armstrong, (the first man on the moon) Aleksei Leonov, (the first person to space walk), Yuri Gagarin, (the first person in space)and Sally Ride,(the first American woman in space)were some. Neil suggested that they fly to the moon to see the view of Earth. Aleksei said, “no, let’s go to Mars!" Sally Ride said, "Hey, stop fighting guys! Let's all go back to Earth for some donuts!" They all told Sally that idea was dumb. With all the fighting going on, Neil got an idea. He shouted, “Let’s have a race to see who can get to the moon the fastest! Whoever wins gets to go to the place they want." Everybody agreed on it so the race began! Since the space ship that they all used was far too fast they all chose their own ships. Sally used the newest Space shuttle model, which she named Challenger 2, and being her perky self, put butterflies all over it. Neil used the old Apollo 11 space craft, which he flew to the moon the first time. Aleksei cheated and stole the Fallogbe! Yuri used the Vostok 1, even though he thought it was a little behind the times. Sally started the race in the lead because of the shuttles speed, until Neil knocked her out of the way. Sally's ship took damage from the hit and went flying back to Earth. The Vostok quickly lost its chase against Neil because the ship was made to orbit Earth. Neil, like he did before, navigated the surface and landed safely right next to his old flag. Neil jumped out of his ship, thinking he was the winner, until he saw Aleksei. Neil screamed, “YOU CHEATED!!!!" Aleksei told him," yes, but I won and there’s nothing you can do about it, HAHAHA!" "That's true", said Neil. They both left for Mars, leaving Sally and Yuri back on Earth. THE END!

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