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SPACE

STARGAZING The International Space
Station orbits the Earth at about
17,500 mph
On a clear night, with an unaided
eye, it’s possible to see around LIVING (28,000 kph).
2,500 STARS. This means astronauts aboard the
ISS see the Sun rise and set
every 90 minutes.

ASTRONAUT STATUS FAI NASA recognizes only those flights
The World Air Sports
Federation (FAI)

that reach an altitude of
more than 60 miles
(100 km) as space flights.
However, NASA awards
astronaut wings to
any astronauts who
travel above
50 miles (80 km).

FIRST VOYAGES becomes the first person
Neil Armstrong
to set foot on the Moon.
The world’s first artificial satellite— Yuri Gagarin becomes
Sputnik, a Russian communications the first human in space
satellite—is launched. Later that year and orbits the Earth
Sputnik 2 launches, carrying a dog once during a
called Laika: the first 108-minute flight.
animal to orbit Earth.
1957 1961 1969

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