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sputnik 1
soviet union satellite that got launched into space and started the space race -
Sputnik 2
the soviet union launches a satellite with laika the dog on it and she lasted seven days proving that animals and humans can go to space -
Explorer 1
The very first satellite to be launched by the usa and used to gather information about space and to gather iformation about earth -
NASA
the government created NASA so that we had people who could focus on the space race so the government didn't have to have that as the main focus -
John F Kenndey Election
John F Kennedey got elected so now he made nasa's number 1 focus to get a man on the moon so the space race can be concluded -
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri becomes the first man in space after getting launched on vostok 1 From the soviet union -
Alan B Shepard
Alan is made the very first american in space after launchin on the freedom 7 satellite having just a 15 minute fight to space -
John F Kennedy Speech
this was President John F Kennedy's Speech about the funding going towards the government and nasa for the space race to help get to land on the moon -
John Glenn Orbit
On this day John Glenn became the first person to Orbit earth three times and proved that humans were able to stay in space longer than what nasa thought -
Moon Landing
On July 20, 1969 Buzz Aldrin was the first man to walk on the moon and hm walking on the moon had made the usa beat the soviet union to land on the moon and the space race had ended