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=THE SPACE RACE!=

By: Meghan
The Space Race began on October 4th, 1957, the same day the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. Sputnik was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. The first space flight that was actually piloted went into space on April 12th, 1961. That was the day when a Soviet cosmonaut named Yuri A. Gagarin orbited Earth in a spaceship called Vostok. = =

The Soviet Union and The United States linked rockets and missile technology in the 1950's. This led to research about space exploration and travel. The Soviet Union was just as interested in missiles and bomb delivery systems as they were in this. The Soviet Union was the first to launch an artificial satellite called Sputnik. Sputnik went into orbit in October of 1957.



In the 1950's, the first successful launch, that was a U.S. satellite, was the Explorer 1 (picture above). It was launched on January 31st, 1958. That was when Congress created NASA to run the space program. NASA stands for __N__ational __A__eronautics and __S__pace __A__dministration.

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1957 In this year, The Soviet Union launches Sputnik. Did you know that sputnik is the Russian word for "Traveler"? 1958 The U.S. launches the first satellite called Explorer 1. and NASA was created in the US. It is a federal agency meant to explore space. 1959 The Soviet Union launches Luna 2 which is the first space probe to hit the moon. 1961 Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut, is the first person to orbit the Earth. 1962 The first American astronaut to orbit the Earth named John Glenn, Jr. 1963 Valentina Tereshkova, Soviet cosmonaut, was the first woman in space. 1968 The U.S. launches Apollo 8 which was first manned space misson to orbit the moon. 1969 Three U.S. astronauts make it to the moon. Their names are Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon and Edwin Aldrin followed him.

Space Programs U.S. had five manned space programs. Each programs accomplished it's goals. The space race was a competition between two cold war enemies and resulted in many desirable things for the people on Earth.

People At the top of the Apollo program, about 400,000 people were working for NASA and/or it's contractors. The people that worked there had a lot of responsibilities and had to work very hard. Yuri A. Gagarin was the first man to orbit the earth. Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins were the first men to walk on the moon.

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