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2 The first rocket was invented and launched by Robert H.goddard in 1926.

3 This is a American rocket. The design had almost 1000 things wrong with it.

4 The atlas is an American rocket. This had a lot of problems. This rocket ran on liquid fuel.

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6 The sputnik was launched on the 4 th October 1957. the satellite was launched by the R7.

7 Length:20m (66ft). Weight:29,180kg (64,200lb). This launched explorer 1 on 1 st January 1958.

8 America had started to launch manned spacewalk missions on a rocket called Gemini. they were launching these nearly every two months.

9 The crew of Apollo 1 included Gus grissom, Ed white and roger Chaffee. This was the last ground test. It turned out to be a tragedy. A spark came from a switch and lighted the pure oxygen atmosphere. The door could not be opened and the three men burned to death.

10 This was the first orbital flight around the moon. The crew included Jim Lovell, William anders and frank borman.

11 This was the first landing on the moon. the crew included Michael Collins, buzz aldrin and Neil Armstrong. Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon. He said his now famous words: this is one small step for man, one… giant leap for mankind.

12 Apollo 13 was a complete disaster. When they were mixing the tanks a bolt came loose. This resulted in rapid oxygen loss and they were lucky that they got home in the end. They got home on the spare supply of the LEMS oxygen. It was a great struggle to get them home as the oxygen supply was dwindling swiftly.

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