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Space Race
USA wins the Space Race -
Cold War
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. -
Sputnik
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. -
yuri gagarian
yuri was the first person to be launche dinto outer space -
1st american to go into outer space
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. -
john f kennedy
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 -
John Glenn
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 -
Neil Armstrong
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 -
Walter Schirra
Walter Schirra orbited the earth 6 times this is important to the us because they are still trying and suceeding in improving their skills -
Precision Lunar Landing
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
