1. Space Travel “To Infinity and Beyond…”

2. Neil Armstrong
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong left the Lunar Module Eagle and became the first human to set foot on the moon.
“That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.”

3. Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
Astronaut Edwin ("Buzz") Aldrin Jr. is coming down the ladder on the Lunar Module Eagle.
This was the result of an intensive United States effort to accelerate the American space program.

4. Sputnik I
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the world’s first manmade artificial satellite.
Weighing 184 pounds, it circled the earth every 90 minutes.

5. Sputnik II
Later in 1957, Sputnik II was launched carrying Laika, a dog which became the first Earth creature to orbit the earth.

6. Yuri Gagarin
In 1961, the first human to pilot a spacecraft, Yuri Gagarin, was launched by the Soviet Union aboard Vostok I.

7. Alan Shepard
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard piloted the first manned American spacecraft.

8. President John F. Kennedy
Twenty days later, Kennedy announced as a national goal the landing of an American astronaut on the Moon.
He wanted to accomplish this by the end of the 1960s.

9. So much more... Apollo missions Space Stations - Skylab, MIR
Space Shuttle - Columbia
Challenger Explosion
Hubble Telescope

10. Credit
Star Child Space Travel Web site
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