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The worlds first satellite to go into orbit was built by the russains and was what most people say the start of the space race. its signals continued for 22 days.
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the National Aeronautics and Space Adminastration was formed by president Eisenhower to encourage peaceful applications in space science..
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Yuri Gagarin was the first man to go into outer space and orbit the earth. this was a huge achievement for the russains during the space race.
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Before a large crowd at Rice university in Ohio president Kennedy delivered his great we choose the moon spech and it was one of the big turning points in the space race.
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Valentina Tereshkova was one of the 400 applicants and the first woman to go into space and the first civillain to fly in space. the russains did this mainly for propaganda.
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Buzz Aldrin was able to comfortably work outside his spacecraft for 5 hours making gemini 12 an outstanding landmark for America in the space race.
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the most pivotal moment of the space race is when neil armstong climbed out of the lunar lander and placed the american flag into the surface of the moon claiming america as the winner of the space race.
