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Spunik I
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Soviet Union Launched the Space Race by putting the first
man-made satellite in Earths orbit. This proved that the Soviet Union could launch war heads on America. -
Sputnik II
Space Race
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First living creature in space was ( a dog) aboard a Soviet Union ship that was sent into Earths orbit to see if living creatures to could live in space -
Explorer 1
Space Race
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First American satellite to orbit the sun. Carrying scientific supplies leading to the discovery of the Van Allen raidiation belt -
NASA
Space Race
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Orginization made to help space exploration expand and to keep up with the Soviet Union. (Made By U.S.) -
Vostok I
Space Race
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Soviet Union launched the first human in space (Yuri Gagarin) to see if humans could live in space temporarily -
Freedom 7
Space Race
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First American in space. Alan B. Shepherd was sent into space to keep up with the Soviet Union. -
JFK speech
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At the Rice Stadium John F. Kennedy announced that “before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the earth.” -
Apollo 8
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Nasa First mission in the Apollo program to send people to the moon the crew was Frank Borman, William A. Anders, and James A. Lovell Jr. -
Apollo 11
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First men on moon (Niel Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin) fulfilling JFK's speech 9 years ago -
Apollo 12
Space Race
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Charles Conrad Jr. Richard Francis Gordon Jr. an Alan LaVern Bean were sent to the moon to research a ship that landed there berfore