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Sputnik landed by USSR
The U.S. feared the USSR had the technology to deliver a nuclear bomb via the R-7 rocket spacerace.com -
Space Race Begins
The space race is a huge event in the NASA because in this period of time we had a ton of adventures if this were not to happen then we probably would not have been on the moon till today. Spacerace.com -
US Launches Very Their First Satilite
This date is important because this satilite helped us get to the moon Spacerace.com -
U.S. Created Their Own Space Program
If we were not to have this amazing program, nobody would have experienced what it is like on the moon. Also we would not have the history that we have today. Spacerace.com -
John F. Kennedy is Elected Presisdent
President Kennedy challenged the nation to the Moon and if Kennedy was not the president during this decade who knows if we would have gone to the moon. John F. Kennedy had a dream that became realistic
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USSR had Sent the Very First Person to Space
This event is really important because if the ussr hadnt sent anybody into space then we might have maybe had that recored. spacerace.com -
John Glenn goes to space
this guy was the very first guy in space which was a very big event in NASA thespacerace.com -
John F. Kennedy was Assinated
John F. Kennedy was a great president and did so many great things for NASA And was a very sad day thesapcerace.com -
First Pic of Earth
Lunar orbit 1 enters orbit around moon and takes a picture of the earth. This is important because Before this date we really didnt know what earth looked like. thespacerace.com -
First Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong was the very first man ever to walk on the moon, ending the Sapce Race