Spacecraft Timeline

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Spacecraft Timeline. By djunicorn. Laika the Russian dog. November. Laika was a Russian dog, she was the first animal to orbit Earth. Laika travelled in Sputnik 2. In Russian Laika means Barker, Laika helped scientists understand if humans could live in space. 1957. Yuri Gagarin. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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• Laika was a Russian dog, she was the first animal to orbit Earth. Laika travelled in Sputnik 2. In Russian Laika means Barker, Laika helped scientists understand if humans could live in space.

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• Yuri Gagarin was a Russian Cosmonaut. Yuri was the first man in space , his journey into space was in Vostok 1 He completed one orbit of Earth and landed two hours after launch.

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• Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took “One small step” They are the first men on the moon. The first words were “The eagle has landed”

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• All the spacecrafts were designed to be used only once but the Space Shuttle was to be used a 100 times!

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• Dennis Tito is an American millionaire and payed 20 million dollars to go into Space. He was the first tourist space passenger and had 900 hours training just to be a passenger!

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• Virgin has made a privately funded flight which can fly you into space briefly. Tickets are available in 2012 but they will cost 200 million dollars!

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