Exploration space Sokolov Alexander SM1-42

The people always dreamed about space travelling and flying to different stars. In the 20th century this dream came true.

The first satellite «Sputnik-1» was launched on the 4th of October It was the unmanned spacecraft.

The first satellite «Sputnik-1» was launched on the 4th of October It was the unmanned spacecraft. The first leaving creature entered the space on the 3th of November It was the dog Laika on board of «Sputnik-2».

The Russian spacecraft «Vostok-1» started with Juri Gagarin on board from the cosmodrome Baikonur on the 12th of April This spaceship carried the first Russian cosmonaut around the Earth.

Gagarin was the first human in the history of mankind who had a possibility to look at our planet from space and to experience the weightless environment. He stayed on the low earth orbit for 108 minutes.

Tereshkova was the first woman launched into space. Leonov was the first cosmonaut who worked in the outer space. Titov was the youngest cosmonaut: he was 25 years old at the time of his first flight.

The first docking of two Soviet spaceships happened on the 16th of January And the international docking of the Soviet spaceship «Soyuz-19» and the American spacecraft «Apollo» took place on the 17th of July 1975.

Today the space exploration is often based on international peaceful cooperation.

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