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We do not know when men began to dream of travelling in space.

The first story that we know about a space flight was written in the year 150.

In the sixteenth century, Galileo made the first telescope and looked through it at the Moon and the planets.

In 1865 Jules Verne's famous novel "From the Earth to the Moon" was published. In his story he sends his heroes into space by means of a huge gun.

But the dream of travelling into space became true only in the 20th century.

It happened in November 1957.

The first animal in space was Laika, a dog from Russia.

In 1961, all people on the Earth learned about the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin. He circled the Earth in Vostok spaceship. Since that time the 12th of April has been celebrated in Russia as Space Day.

Russia leads in many areas of space researches. The most important achievements include work on orbital stations. The longest expedition lasted more than 350 days. More than seventy Russian spacemen have worked in orbit.