Space race scramble

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  1. 1. Soviet satellite launched in 1957
  2. 2. American astronaut who commanded the Apollo 13 mission. Jim ___
  3. 7. The Soviet spacecraft that carried the first animals, a dog named Laika, into space in 1957.
  4. 8. American astronaut who famously said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". Neil ___
  5. 10. Soviet cosmonaut who became the first woman in space. Valentina ____
  6. 12. First living creature to orbit the Earth. (the dog)
  7. 14. The Soviet spacecraft that carried the first woman, Valentina Tereshkova, into space.
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  1. 1. American astronaut who became the first American woman to walk in space. Kathy ____
  2. 3. The Soviet spacecraft series that carried out the first successful unmanned moon landing in 1959.
  3. 4. Soviet spacecraft that carried the first human, Yuri Gagarin, into space.
  4. 5. Soviet space probe that reached Venus.
  5. 6. First American space station
  6. 9. US space agency that sent astronauts to the moon
  7. 11. The first American satellite launched into space in 1958, in response to Sputnik.
  8. 13. American space program that aimed to land humans on the moon.