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Sputnik 1 was first artificial sattelite
Sputnik 1 was launched so that got America's attention so they thought they could launch nuclear weapons so the U.S joined the Space Race source http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
The Sputnik 2 was launched with a dog named Laika
The Sputnik 2 was launched into space with a dog, This is important because They were testing to see if a living thing could breath and survive source http://teacher.scholastic.com/space/space_firsts/ -
America launched Explorer 1
After The Soviets launched the Sputnik 1 the U.S launched the Explorer 1 so we could catch up in the Space Race source http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
Explorer 2 is launched but failed to reach orbit
Explorer 2 is launched but it fails to land so that puts alot of money to waste, so America has to think of a different idea to get a spacecraft into orbit source http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
We created NASA
NASA was important because it is still around today and it is our best space exploration program. source http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
John F Kennedy is elected president
John F Kennedy is elected president this is important because he makes alot of the ideas to go into space source http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
The Soviets launched the first human into space
The Soviets launching the first human into space is important because this puts America behind so they have to find a quicker way to get a human into space source http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
Alan Shepard becomes the first human in space
Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space this is important because America now knows how to get people to space successfully. source http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
Gherman Titov spends a day in space aboard Vostok 2
Gherman Titov spends a day in space aboard the Vostok 2, this is important because the Soviet Union is now figuring out how to survive in space. source http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
The first American to orbit the Earth is John Glenn
John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth this is important because now America knows the design and amount of fuel to get people farther in space. source http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on moon
Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin becoming the first men to walk on the moon is important because America found out how to fly safely to the moon and America has won the Space Race source http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/
