Space Race
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The Chinese invented the first ever rockets. But it was the Germans who managed to get the first Rocket/Missile into space, with the V2.
The first ever satellite was Sputnik 1, launched in 1957 by the Soviet Union.
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Not long after Sputnik, the Soviet Union sent the first ever animal into space - Laika the dog.
Space Chimps (2008)
The first monkey in space was American, sadly he suffocated, but lots followed his lead into space between 1948-1961.
Explorers (1985)
The first ever man in outer space was a Russian, Yuri Gagarin, who made the historic trip in 1961.
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Space Station 3D (2002)
The first space station, Salyut 1, was launched in April 1971 by the Soviets. But the Mir (Soviet/Russian) space station was the first consistently inhabited long-term research station in space.
Space Cowboys (2000)
The first EVA (Spacewalk) was carried out by Soviet Alexey Leonov on March 18, 1965 from the Voskhod 2 spacecraft.
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Star Trek (2009)
Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner was the first man to jump 24 miles above the Earth, breaking the speed of sound as he returned to Earth.
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Space the final frontier. No not really, space is just the first step on a very long journey. There has been a lot of pro-american space travel propaganda in recent movies, I hope this list will remind everyone of the real achievements that have been made by others aside from the USA - and how far everyone is away from where we all should be in space travel.