History of Space

Layers of the Atmosphere Use the words from the word bank below to fill in the blanks.Thermosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere, Exosphere, Mesosphere Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Thermosphere Exosphere History of Space Travel Chuck Yeager First person to break the sound barrier Sputnik 1 The first satellite launched into space United States The country that launched the first primates into space USSR The country that launched the first animal into space Alexei Leonov The first person to make a spacewalk Luna 9 First spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon. (Soviet) Apollo 1 Spacecraft that killed its three astronauts from a cabin fire during testing Apollo 11 First spacecraft to land a man on the Moon Apollo 13 Spacecraft known to be a "successful failure" Apollo 17 The last manned mission to the moon (1972)