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Sputnik1
Russian launch Sputnik 1 to start the space race on Oct 4,1927 to start off the space race. http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/
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Sputnik 2
Russian launch sputnik 2 With a dog named Lika to see if humans can go in to space and live this was on Nov 3, 1927 http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
Explorer 1
Amercan launch Explorer one On Jan 31, 1958 to catch up with the Russians because america thought that russian were testing to see if they could launch nuclear missle http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
Explorer 2
American try to catch up to the Russians in the space race.But the Explorer 2 fail to reach orbit on March 5, 1958 .
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Sputnik 3
The russian launch sputnik 3 On may 15 1958 because they want to send statellite into orbit to reaserch the upper atmosphere http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/astrospies/time-nf.html -
Weather satellite
Americans launches a weather satellite to see weather from a different veiw also to help with weather this was launched on April 1, 1960 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/astrospies/time-nf.htm http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/l -
Discovery XIV
Americans launch a Discover XIV the first satellite with a camera attached to it to it was launched on Augest 18 1960 because scinecntist wanted to see planets diferently. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/astrospies/time-nf.htm http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
Vostok 1
Russian send a man into space Yuri Gargarin the first man in space to see what human would act in space.Also he orbit the earth once . -
Freedom 7
American launch the first american into space named Alen B.Sheperd on May 5 1961 he was send to space to go into orbit and then cameback down http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
Luna 9
Russian launch Luna 9 which laned softly on the moon on February , 1966 they finaly reach a milestone he put for themselves. http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/
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Apollo 11
Americans land Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" to te moon and become the first people to walk on the moon wich ended the space race. It also fulfilled president J.F.K promise to land a man on the moon at the end of the century this was on july 20 of 1969