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2. Yuri Gagarin - Wikipedia

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   Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first human to journey into outer space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961, with his flight taking 108 minutes.

3. United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs - Wikipedia

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   The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs ( UNOOSA) is an office of the U.N. Secretariat that promotes and facilitates peaceful international cooperation in outer space. [1] It works to establish or strengthen the legal and regulatory frameworks for space activities, and assists developing countries in using space science and technology ...

4. Space Camp (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Space Camp is a six-day program offered for children between 9 and 11 years old. The curriculum is designed to balance education and entertainment. Children enrolling in Space Camp can choose from one of three "tracks" of activities and study: space, aviation, and robotics.

5. Alan Shepard - Wikipedia

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   Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Shepard saw action with the ...

6. Buffalo Museum of Science - Wikipedia

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   Website. www .sciencebuff .org. The Buffalo Museum of Science is a science museum located at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Buffalo, New York, United States, northeast of the downtown district, near the Kensington Expressway. The historic building was designed by August Esenwein and James A. Johnson and opened on January 19, 1929.

7. Space exploration - Wikipedia

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   Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. [1] While the exploration of space is currently carried out mainly by astronomers with telescopes, its physical exploration is conducted both by uncrewed robotic space probes and human spaceflight. Space exploration, like its classical form astronomy, is one ...