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On 5 May 1961, Alan Shepard |
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The men behind Explorer 1, America's first successful satellite launch. Left to right are Nasa director William Pickering, scientist James Van Allen and eng |
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Vanguard 1 was America's first attempt to launch an artificial satellite. The rocket suffered a failure and exploded on the launch pad. |
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A pensive Yuri Gagarin takes the bus to the launch pad on 12 April 1961. |
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Laika the dog ,Laika means ,,barker,, in Russia,, flew aboard the USSR Sputnik 2 spacecraft. She died from overheating just a few hours into the flight. |
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