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The Beginning
The First Artificial
Satellites
Animals in Space
The
First Manned Space Flight (Russia)
The First American
Manned Space Flight
The
First Man to Orbit the Earth (Russia)
The
First American to Orbit the Earth
The
First Woman in Space (Russia)
The First
Woman to orbit the Earth (Russia)
Men on the Moon
The
First American Woman in Space
The
First British Citizen in Space
The V2 Rocket
Dr Wernher von Braun (1912-1977)
Sputnik I
Animals in Space
Laika,
The first living creature in space (Sputnik II)
The
First Manned Space Flight (Russia)
Vostok I
Yuri Gagarin
The First American Manned
Space Flight
Alan
B. Shepard, Mercury-Redstone 3, Freedom 7
The
First American to Orbit the Earth
John Herschel Glenn, Jr.
(Colonel, USMC, Ret.), Mercury
Atlas 6, Friendship 7
The
First Woman in Space (Russia)
Vostok 6
Valentina
Tereshkova
The
First Woman to orbit the Earth (Russia)
Vostok 6
Valentina
Tereshkova
Men
on the Moon
First
Man on the Moon - Neil Armstrong (Apollo 11). Born August 5,
1930.
Second
Man on the Moon - Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (Apollo 11).
(Colonel, USAF, Ret.). Born January 20, 1930.
Third
Man on the Moon - Charles "Pete" Conrad (Apollo 12)
(Captain, USN, Ret.). Born June 2, 1930. Died July 8, 1999
Fourth
Man on the Moon - Al Bean (Apollo 12). Captain, USN, Ret. Born
March 15, 1932.
Fifth
Man on the Moon - Al Shepard (Apollo 14). Rear Admiral, USN,
Ret. Born November 18, 1923. Died on July 21, 1998
Sixth
Man on the Moon - Ed Mitchell (Apollo 14). Captain, USN, Ret.
Born September 17, 1930.
Seventh
Man on the Moon - Dave Scott (Apollo 15). Colonel, USAF,
Ret. Born June 6, 1932.
Eighth
Man on the Moon - Jim Irwin (Apollo 15). (Colonel, USAF, Ret).
Born March 17, 1930. Died August 8, 1991.
Ninth
Man on the Moon - John Young (Apollo 16).
Born September 24, 1930
Tenth
Man on the Moon - Charlie Duke (Apollo 16). Brigadier General,
USAF, Ret. Born October 3, 1935
Eleventh
Man on the Moon - Eugene A. Cernan (Apollo 17). Captain, USN,
Ret. Born March 14, 1934.
Twelfth
Man on the Moon - Harrison H. "Jack" Schmitt (Apollo
17). Born July 3, 1935.
The
First American Woman in Space
Space
Shuttle Challenger, STS-7
Sally Kristen
Ride (Ph.D.). Born May 26, 1951.
The
First British Citizen in Space
Soyuz
TM-12 - To the Mir Space Station.
Helen
Sharman
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