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the soviet was the greatest rival to the United States with political and military power. we were enemys in the 1950's
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the space race took place from 1957 until 1960. during this time we both were wanting to explore space.
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the soviet union launche the sputnik sateliate in 1957 this was the first satelite
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in may of year 1961 president John F. Kennedy gave a speech to launch a space exploration research
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the united states sent many men to the moon to explore all the details
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the apollo mission began in the 1960's. the mission was to test the command and lunar. this mission was important because it was the first Apollo mission
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in july year of 1969 three men landed on the moon this was the first time anyone had been on the moon
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in the 1980 the US and 15 other country decided to make an international space station this was important because it was the first space station
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in the year 2003 the european space agency sent off an unpiloted space craft to orbit the moon this was one of the first spacecraft to orbit the moon
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in 2004 the US decided to try and send up a colony of people to live on the moon
