Space Exploration

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Beginning of Space Rockets

In 1944, the German V2 rocket went to space for the first time. Later, V2 started launching from White Sands Missile Range in Utah. Also, during this time, the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) started which created most of the early American rockets.

The Space Race

The Space Race was a contest between the United States and the Soviet Union. It included getting the first artificial satellite into space, the first person into space, and the first person to the moon.

The Space Race

Goal	Year	Country
First Artificial Satellite	1957	Soviet Union
First Human	1961	Soviet Union
First Human on the Moon	1969	USA

Early Satellites

During the late 1950s the ABMA and NASA launched the first American satellites. The first one, Explorer 1, launched in 1957 on the ABMA Juno I rocket.

The Space Shuttle

After Apollo-Soyuz, NASA worked on the space shuttle program.

American Commercial Spaceflight

In the late 20th century, commercial spaceflight started. Companies such as Boeing Defense and Space, Lockheed Martin Space, SpaceX, and Blue Origin started flying rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX returned American spaceflight on May 30, 2020 with the Demo-2 mission.

Blue Origin

Blue Origin is another space company.

Notes

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