With an estimated 298,192 residents in 2016,[7] it is Alaska's most populous city and contains more than 40 percent of the state's total population; among the 50 states, only New York has a higher percentage of residents who live in its most populous city.
NOVEMBER 3, 1957: The Soviet Union sent the first living creature into space on this day in 1957 after a dog was rocketed into orbit. Laikaâs arrival on board Sputnik II delighted science fans - but angered animal lovers and humiliated the Americans, who at that time were yet to send up even a satellite.
He wasn't the first astronaut to go to space.The first astronaut was Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, Soviet Union. The First American astronaut was Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. He flew into space in 1961. Neil Armstrong's fame was the first person to step on the moon.