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USA wins the Space Race
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The cold war began the rivalry against USA and the Soviet Union. This was big for the usa and the soviet union because this is what got the rivalry started against the two countries and this is why the usa was so cautios when sputnik was launched . Becaus ethen the usa knew if they could launch sputnik then the can also launch a nuclear bomb.
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Sputnik was the first aircraft to be launched into outer space. Sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union (Russia). Sputnik was the start of the Space Race.
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yuri was the first person to be launche dinto outer space
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The first americn to go into space was Alan Shepard. This was important to the United States because this is what got them officially started in the space race and it followed through for further space exploration.
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In 1961 J.F.K. announced that the united states were going to launch a living human into space,. This is important to the space race and the usa because J.F.K. announced that the USA was trying to create the space race
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John Glenn orbited the earth three times this was important for the us because this means thast the us has gotten better at launching people farther and longer
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first person to step on the moon Neil Armstrong. T his event was huge for the USA because this event was what ended the Space race
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Walter Schirra orbited the earth 6 times this is important to the us because they are still trying and suceeding in improving their skills
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Pete Conrad and Alan Bean perform the first precision lunar landing, touching down just 600 feet from the Surveyor 3 probe that arrived two years earlier
