Amazing Facts VIDEO
1 The Soviet Union
the world's first
artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan
2 Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to
the surface of the moon on foot.
3 A small satellite in space can receive and
5,000 telephone calls and 12 TV shows at the same time.
4 Modern firefighters' suits are similar to the space suits
that scientists
for astronauts.
5 In November 1974, scientists tried to
with extraterrestrials for
the first time.
6 The unmanned spacecraft ExoMars lifted off
from Baikonur Cosmodrome on a mission to
on Mars and search for signs of
life.
7 The first astronaut to Britain in
space was Helen Sharman, a chemist who
visited the Mir space station in 1991.
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