ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES AND SPACE TRAVEL

 

 

 

 

 

When did the space age begin?

 The space age began on 4 October 1957 when the world’s first artificial satellite Sputnik-1 was launched.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name the first living creature to be sent into space.

On 3 November 1957 the Russian dog Laika was sent into space on the Sputnik-2 spacecraft.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who was the first man to enter space?

On 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin of Russia became the first man to enter space, on the Vostok –I spacecraft.