Space Race
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Sputnik | first man-made object in space (both in space and orbit Earth); USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republic); 1957 |
| Explorer I | first American space satellite |
| Mercury, Gemini, Apollo | U.S. space missions designed to acquire information |
| Yuri Gagarin | Soviet Union Cosmonaut; first man in space and first to orbit the Earth; 1961 |
| Alan Shepard | first American in space; 1961 |
| John Glenn | first American to orbit the Earth; 1962 |
| Apollo 11 | first successful manned mission to the moon and back; 1969 |
| Neil Armstrong | first man on the moon; 1969 |
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