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At the end of World War Two the Soviet Union and the Unites States rose on top. They were the mot powerful therefore they were scared of each other. The United States decided to work on exploring space and therefore it bacame a race to get to space.
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The United States and the Soviet Union were so afraid of each other they entered a cold war. They did not fight. They both wanted to get to space before the other so it became a race.
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On October 4 1957 the Soviets launched a satallite "Sputnik 1" into orbit. this frightened the United States because they thought that if they could do that then they might be able to launch miscles all the way to the United States.
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The Soviet Union launches a space craft that holds a dog names Laika. This proves that living things can survive in space.
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The U.S. is very behind in the space race and finally gets their first satallite into orbit.
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The Unites States need to catch up in the race to space, so they decide to create a space program called "NASA".
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The Soviet Union lanches the Luna 1. The Luna 1 was the first manmade object to orbit the sun.
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John Glenn orbited the Earth 3 times. This proved that people could survive for a long period in space.
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The Soviet Union launched the Luna 9. This was inportant because the Luna 9 was the first thing to softly land on the moon. It also explored the moon.
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The Unites States and Soviet Union decide to work together on all space programs in the future.
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Armstrong and Aldrin were the first people onthe moon
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Soviet Union (now Russia) are still working together in space. Other countries have helped too such as England. They are trying to find out more about Mars. There are people form alot of different countries living in "The Space Station".
