SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -During the 1960s, NASA made progress toward President Kennedy’s goal of landing a human on the moon with a program called Project Gemini, in which astronauts tested technology needed for future flights to the moon, and tested their own ability to endure many days in spaceflight.

Detailed explanation-2: -1960 NASA launched Mercury 1, the first Mercury-Redstone capsule-launch vehicle combination. This was an unoccupied test flight. 31 Jan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin into an initial Earth-orbit of 114 by 116 miles.

Detailed explanation-4: -Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union was the first human in space. His vehicle, Vostok 1 circled Earth at a speed of 27, 400 kilometers per hour with the flight lasting 108 minutes. Vostok’s reentry was controlled by a computer.

Detailed explanation-5: -This included events such as the first satellite to orbit Earth, the first human-crewed spacecraft and the first person to walk on the Moon. The Space Race was considered vital by the two nations as it showed the world which country had the superior scientific, economic and political systems.

Detailed explanation-6: -1957. October 4-The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into space. November 3-The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 was launched with a dog named Laika on board.