1.2 Space Exploration

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Reusable spacecraft that transports astronauts, satellites, and other materials to and from space.

The telescope in space that allows us to see farther into space and takes pictures of stars, galaxies, and other objects in space

Long term research laboratory in space, constructed with resources from 15 different nations.

Orbits a Earth and sends waves to and from Earth.

The Soviet Union launched ________, the worlds first artificial satellite, into the Earth's orbit in 1957.

Who became the first person to journey into outer space traveling aboard Vostok 1 in April of 1961?

Has no people on it and is used to gather information

First man to land on the Moon