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spurred the us to launch a satlite
started the space race -
Explorer showed the russians that we can do anything.
Explorer showed the USSR that we will be in the space race. -
Luna was heading for the moon and then turned and orbited
the sun.
Luna 1 showed that anything with minor adjustments can orbit the
hottest thing in the world. -
Torus was the first weather satlite and the russians didnt have
one yet.
Torus help protect the us from any storms or disasters. -
This was inportant because the ussr thought that the space race
race was over.
The first man in space showed that the space race was comming to an end -
This showed that the space race was not over but the
ussr was in the lead
The first american in space showed USSR the giant spands we have been making -
JFK said that we are starting the apollo program.
But about a month later he was assinated. -
Surveyor 1 showed USSR that the space race was coming
to an end.
Surveyor 1 made the landing piont on the for apollo 11 -
The Apollo mission was a success and show the USSR that
the space race was over.
lus the US won the worlds super power.