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The two biggest commercial space companies are stepping up.
The Embassy of the United States, Abuja has commended Nigerian-born aerospace engineer Wendy Okolo for her pioneering contributions to aviation research
When Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human into space on April 12, 1961, the American space program rose to the occasion, and less than a month later, astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to launch into space, and then, on Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn followed by becoming the first American to orbit the Earth.