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Sputnik 1
The Soviet Union launched a sattlelitte into space. This is important because it started the space race. -
Eplorer 1
The US saw that the Soviet Union Launched their sattlelitte and wanted to take action in the Space Race so they created Explorer 1. This is imoprtant because it got the US into the space race. -
NASA
The US knew that in order to win the space race they had to do something big. So they created NASA instead of using the milliatary to get information about space. This is important because it helped the US get more advanced in space technology. -
Human Launched
The Soviet Union launched the first human into space. This is imporatnt because it urged the US to send a human to the moon. -
President JFK
On this day President JFK told congress and challenges the nation to get man to the moon before the end of the decade. This is important because it prompted the US to get man on the moon ASAP . -
First Woman In Space
On this day Valentina Tereshkova went into space. She was the first woman to go to space. This is important because it gave women a chance to show people what they can do in space. -
Speech
On this day President John F. Kennedy proposed the idea that the US and Soviet Union worked together to gather information about space and the moon. This is important because it could give the US and the Soviet Union a chance to be allies. -
Apollo 1
The US decided to create a mission to send Americans into space. The mission failed when the space craft caught on fire and the three men died that were in the space crafrt. This is important because it urged the US to work faster and work harder to create a successful mission. -
Man to the Moon
This is the day the US sent the first man to the moon. It is important because it helped the US win the space race. -
ISS
On this day the US and 15 other countries decided to join together and gather information. This is important because it would imporove knowledge about space all over the world.
