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The name of the first satellite launched into space by the soviet union.

Sputnik 

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The name of the dog that went into space.

Laika

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The type of spacecraft were created by NASA and are reusable

What are space shuttles?

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The United States president who challenged the country to land a man on the Moon. 

President Kennedy

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The first people on the moon.

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin

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The year the United States landed the first humans on the moon. 

1969

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This telescope was launched in 1990 and still sends data back to Earth. It is approximately 340 miles above the Earth.

What is the Hubble Telescope?

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This disaster happened upon re-entry to Earth. The astronauts were 16 minutes from landing.

What is the Columbia disaster?
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The name of the first American to orbit the Earth.

John Glenn

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The year the Soviet Union launched the first satellite into space. 

1957

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This is the name of the spacecraft that put the first humans on the moon.

What is Apollo 11?

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The United States president who was in office during the first Moon landing. 

President Nixon

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The name of the first American to go to space.

Alan Sheperd 

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The year the Soviet Union sent the first human into space. 

1961

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This was launched in 1998.

What is the International Space Station (ISS)?

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This was the name of the first chimpanzee sent to space.

What is Ham?
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The name of the first woman in space

Valentina Tereshkova

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The year the Soviet Union launched the first woman into space. 

1963

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This disaster occurred on January 28, 1986. It was the first American space disaster to occur off of the ground, but did not happen in space.

What is the Challenger explosion?

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The United States president who announced the end of the Space Race. 

President Ford

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