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The Space race Between The USSR and The USA
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CitationDuring the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union wanted an opportunity to demonstrate their power. The space race was an opportunity for the two nations to show their scientific and technological advancment.
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CitationThe united states launched its own satellite, Explorer I, designed by the U.S. Army under the direction of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun.
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citationThe soviet union took a step forward in luna 2. It was the first time somebody had orbited around the world and hit the moon.
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CitationDiscoverer XIV Launched was succesfully launched and it was the first american aircraft to enter space.
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citationsthe Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit Earth, traveling in the capsule-like spacecraft Vostok 1.
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NASA's budget was increased almost 500 percent, and the lunar landing program had 34,000 NASA employees and 375,000 employees of industrial and university contractors.
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Apollo 8 was the first space station to orbit the moon. It was lauched from Merritt Island.
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citationsApollo 11 was the first flight that took men to the moon and was a project of the United States. This was a great achievement because the US had reached the moon before the Soviets.
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citationAstronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins set off on the Apollo 11 space mission, the first lunar landing attempt.
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citation When the space race ended the Soviet union and The United States Agreed to build a space station for them to explore other parts of the universe.
