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Sputnik luanched by USSR.
1st artificial satillite put into space by USSR. The U.S. Feared the USSR had the technology to deliver a nucler weapon. Via r-7 Rocket.Information from exploring space packet. -
Dog into space.
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2 with a dog called Laika aboard. This meant the Soviet Union still had the upper hand in the space race.Information from space.com -
NASA launches space program.
NASA adminastrtor T. Keith Glennan announced the manned flight space program.This meant the U.S. was joining the space race. Information from space.com -
NASA launched Discovery 1.
NASA launched Discovey 1 the first spy satillite . It gave us a level of national sercurity that we hadn't had before. Information from space.com -
U.S. luanched primates into space.
They launched two primates called Able and Baker on a suborbitle flight.This was impoprtant to us because it meant a living creature could survive in space.Information from space.com -
Men on moon by the end of the decade.
President John Kennedy said they would have asstrounauts to the moon and back by the end of the decade. This was very important because we had to win the space race. Information from exploring space packet. -
First American to orbit Earth.
John Glenn was the First U.S. asstronuat to orbit the Earth. He or bited it three times. It was of American ambition and increased national pride.Information from exploring space packet. -
First American to walk in space.
Ed White while on the Gemini 4 mission walked in space. It was a symbolic symbol of a how succesful our space program was.Information from space.com. -
Surveyor landed on the moon.
The Surveyor had landed on the moon meaning the moon was solid and possible to land on.Information from exploring space packet. -
Apollo 11 landed the first humans on the moon.
Apollo 11 had landed men on the moon fulfilling President John Kennedy´s promise.The U.S. had one the space race!Information from exploring space packet.