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the soviets were the greatest rivals against the USA
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The soviets launch the first space probe into outer space this scared the Americans because they thought the soviets could launch nukes through outer space
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sputnik 2 was the second artifical satelite to orbit the earth with a living animal inside
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the nasa agency is responseble for the civilian space program and aerospace
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on april 12 1961 the soviet union launched yuri gagarian into orbit around the earth
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the apollo program started 1961 it was a group of space missions with manned and unmanned spacecraft to the moon
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the misson of friendship 7 was to put a man in the orbit of earth and watch how he reacts to space
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neil armstrong and buzz aldrin became the first people on the moon.
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it was the first spacecraft to detect the van allen radiation belt
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john glenn was the first american in space he orbited the earth in 4 hr 55 min
