By Nicky Mackay
By Nicky Mackay
1.Rockets didn’t really start out as rockets at all, they started out as fireworks. 2.The Chinese started out using a simple form of gunpowder to make fireworks.
1.The first rocket that could fly high enough to get into space was the V2 missile launched in Germany in 1942. 2. The first rocket which actually launched something into space was used to launch Sputnik, the first satellite, on October 4, 1957. The rocket that launched Sputnik was a R-7 ICBM rocket.
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Fruit flies were the first animals in space, to explore the affects of radiation exposure at high altitudes. The rocket reached 68 miles in three minutes and ten seconds. Albert the second became the first monkey in space. Albert the second died on impact due to a parachute failure.