Sputnik
The chief rocket scientist of the Sputnik mission
Sergei Korlev
The animal that Laika was
a dog
The spacecraft that Yuri Gagarin was in
Vostok 1
How long was Leonov's space walk?
12 minutes
The space craft Tereshkova was launched in
Vostok 6
The biggest accomplishment of Sputnik
it was the first manmade spacecraft to be successfully launched into space
The name of the spacecraft Laika was on
Sputnik 2
The reason why Yuri Gagarin became famous
the first person to travel space, orbit Earth and come back alive
The space craft Leonov was launched in
Voskhod 2
The purpose of this mission
better understanding of the female body reaction to spaceflight
The reason why the Space Race was started and was so important to Americans
Sputnik showed the technological potential that the Soviet Union had
The purpose of sending Laika to space
to test the safety of space travel for human passengers
The way Gagarin died
the fighter jet he was test piloting malfunctioned leading him to crash and die
Alexei Leonov was the first person to
leave an orbiting space craft
The biggest accomplishment of Tereshkova
remains the only woman to go in space solo
A way Sputnik has changed America's educational system
Americans added more science and math in public school learning
The meaning of Laika in Russian
The experiment confirmed that a living being can survive launch into orbit and weightlessness.
2 ways that people honored Gagarin and his accomplishments
he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, was given the Order of Lenin
The purpose of this mission
to study the effects of prolonged space flight
What did Tereshkova's photographs and flight logs help discover?
identify aerosol layers
The date Sputnik1 was launched
October 4, 1957
One way Laika could have died
she burned
A huge impact that Gagarin legacy made on the space program
inspired Russia and USA to start working on space projects together
The date Leonov was launched
March 18, 1965
The date Tereshkova was launched
June 16,1963