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In 1957, Russia launched Sputnik, the first satellite. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space. In 1969, Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon. In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched. In 1998, countries started building the International Space Station. And in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope was launched to see even farther into space!

• The Space Age is less than 70 years old, which is younger than some grandparents!
• More than 600 people have traveled to space since Yuri Gagarin’s first flight.
• Scientists are now planning to send people back to the Moon and eventually to Mars!