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By Patrick On 19 June 1963, Soviet Union launched the Vostok 6. On Vostok 6, there was the first woman in space. When you think of space travel, maybe the She was called Valentina Tereshkova. Shortly after,only thing that your mind will think of is space Vostok 7 launched. On July 16, 1969, at exactlyshuttles, but, there are a lot more about space 9:32 am, Apollo 11 was launched from the Kennedytravel other that space shuttle. It’s not that we Space Center. At 10:56:15 pm Neil Armstrong waswon’t talk about space shuttle, is that space the first human to set foot on the Moon. Buzzshuttle is not the only thing about space travel. Aldrin joined him on the surface almost 20 minutesAmerica and the Soviet Union were the main later. Altogether, they spent just under two hourscountries that are sending people to space. If you and 15 minutes outside of their lunar module,want to read more, continue reading! Eagle. After that, it was the end of the moon race.Space Race The space race is two countries competingeach other over which country can send astronautsto space first. The countries that are competing inthe race are the USA and theSoviet Union. The competition started at August 2,1955, when the Soviet Union said that they willsend a satellite to space. The Soviet Union beat theUS at first of the space race by launching the firstsatellite, Sputnik 1, October 4, 1957. On April 12,1961, Vostok 1 was launched and took Yuri Gagarininto space. When he got into space, the space raceended.The Moon Race Even though the Soviet Union was the first Image by Patrickcountry that took humans to space, USA caught up.At 1958, the USA opened the first space project. OnMay 5, 1961, Alan Shepard, Jr.was the firstAmerican to go to space and currently the secondperson in space. On Freedom 7, he didn’t orbit theearth, but he did test equipment’s of the spacecraft. John Glenn was the second American inspace and He orbited earth 3 times and theduration of 4 hours, 55 minutes and 33 seconds. Hewas in the space shuttle program too! On 12September 1962, John F. Kennedy announced thestart of the moon race, whether the USA or theSoviet Union can let people walk on the moon first.

Before Project Mercury they dock, or join together in space. On December 4, 1965, Gemini VII launched and 3 days later, The X15 is the first spacecraft test program. Gemini VI was launched. After 3 orbits, the twoThe X15 can nearly fly to outer space and about 6.5 spacecraft join together for 5 hours.times the speed of sound. As of 2014, the X-15holds the world record for the highest speed ever The Apollo Programreached by a manned, powered aircraft. Itsmaximum speed was 7,274 km per hour. Some of The goal for Project Apollo is to completethe pilots that had flown the X15 were in the space John F. Kennedy’s goal, land on moon. The Apolloprograms. For example, Neil Armstrong was in the program ran from 1961 to 1972. On Oct. 11, 1968,X15 program and he is in the Apollo program Apollo 7 was launched. It was the first Apollotoo. On 22 August 1963, Joseph A. Walker made manned mission. And do know, Apollo 7 was thethe highest flight that the X15 had ever made. He first mission that can have live broadcast to earth.flew to 67.0 mi (107.8 km) up in the sky! On July 16, 1969, at exactly 9:32 am, Apollo 11 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center. AtProject Mercury 10:56:15 pm, Neil Armstrong was the first human to set foot on the Moon. Buzz Aldrin joined him on You know what?? The first Mercury the surface almost 20 minutes later. Altogether,astronaut was a chimpanzee called Ham. He they spent just under two hours and 15 minutesexperienced six and half minutes of weightless. The outside of their lunar module, Eagle. Apollo 17 wasgoal for Project Mercury is to prove that humans the final mission of the Apollo program, and wascould survive and work in space. Anyway, on May 5, the sixth and the last humans on the moon.1961, Alan B. Shepard Jr’s rocket launched andwent 187 km up in the sky. It was the first Project Image by PatrickMercury flight. On May 15, 1963, it was the lastflight of the Project Mercury, flown by L. GordonCooper Jr. on the Mercury Atlas 9.Project Gemini The goal for Project Gemini is between toprove that humans could survive and work in space(Project Mercury) and to land on moon (ProjectApollo). The difference between the ProjectMercury’s spacecraft with Project Gemini is thatProject Gemini’s spacecraft is bigger. It can carry 2people. The spacecraft is actually only 2 parts. Thefirst part is the capsule, used for carryingastronauts, and a rear area, which held the reentryrockets. The first missions of Project Gemini areunmanned. It’s unmanned because it has to testthe rocket and capsule system. On March 23, 1965,Virgil (Gus) I. Grissom and John W. Young werelaunched in Gemini 3 and orbited around the earth.They tested the new spacecraft, like the way thespacecraft move by changing its position. One ofthe milestones that the Project Gemini did is that

The Space Shuttle Program Image by Patrick The space shuttle was like a plane. But itcan fly to space. When the space shuttle islaunched, the 2 white things beside the spaceshuttle help the space shuttle to go to space. Afterit runs out of fuel, it will go back to earth. And themiddle big orange container is called the SpaceShuttle external tank. It contains liquid Hydrogenfuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer. From 1972-2011was the space shuttle program. On September 17,1976, the space shuttle Enterprise was revealed atNASA. On February 18, 1977, the space shuttleEnterprise flew off from shuttle carrier, a 747-100.The space shuttle Enterprise can’t ever fly to spacebecause it doesn’t have anyheat protection and any engines. After a fewmissions of the space shuttleEnterprise, the space shuttle Columbia wasdelivered on March 25, 1979, and wasfirst launched on April 12, 1981—the 20thanniversary of Yuri Gagarin's spaceflight, with a crew of two. The space shuttle waslaunched at the Edwards airforce base on the launch pad 39A. Later on 1981,November 12, the space shuttleColumbia launched again and was the firstspacecraft that was reused. After that on 1982,March 22, the space shuttle Columbia waslaunched again for the third time and landed atWhite Sands Space Harbor for the first time andthe only time. There are 5 space shuttle made,include Discovery, Columbia, Endeavour,Challenger and Atlantis. The space shuttleChallenger exploded when launching because ofgas leaking, and the space shuttle Columbiaexploded while reentry because of one special heatresistant tile broke off while launching. The lastspace shuttle flight was involved at 8 July 201115:29. The space shuttle Atlantis later was dockedat the ISS (International Space Station) for 8 days,15 hours, 21 minutes. The space shuttle traveledfor 8,505,161 km and for 12 days, 18 hours, 28minutes, 50 seconds. After that, the space shuttleAtlantis landed at the Kennedy Space Center, at 21July 2011, 09:57 UTC, bringing the Space Shuttleprogram to an end.

Ending GlossaryEven though the space shuttle mission ended, Launch: When a space shuttle or another spacethere will still be space travel. Space travel will craft takes off or go to space.continue for a long time and will never stop. If the Speed: The speed of the space craft.Soviet Union and USA did not compete in the space Commander: The leader of a space flightrace, there won’t be Project Gemini, Mercury and Soviet Union: A former communist country thatApollo. We won’t even have space shuttles! When included many countriesNeil Armstrong was walking on moon, he said:\"That's one small step for man, one giant leap formankind\", and after the final landing of the spaceshuttle Atlantis, it’s Commander Chris Fergusonjust after wheels stop said \"Mission complete,Houston, After serving the world for over 30 years,the shuttle has earned its place in history, and ithas come to a final stop.\" to which Entry CAPCOMBarry Wilmore replied \"We congratulate you,Atlantis, as well as the thousands of passionateindividuals across this great space faring nationwho truly empowered this incredible spacecraftwhich has inspired millions around the globe.\" Thatmeans to me that going to space and coming backcan affect your feelings and say words that manypeople around the world will remember. Thatmeans that the space shuttle history will live onforever and space travel will too.Fact Box: Do you know Fact Box: Do you knowthe crew of Gemini III that the first Projectsnuck a corned beef Mercury’s first astronautsandwich on their is a chimpanzee calledspaceflight? Ham?