 Push
to hear John F. Kennedy's speech to the nation announcing
the space race.
Sputnik
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Yuri
Gregarin, the first man in space |
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successful launch of Sputnik in 1957 by the Soviet Union
began an all out race to get to into space. The Soviets
succeeded in getting the first man into space, and eventually
The United States achieved the first moon landing in 1969. One
of the surprising results of the American panic over falling
behind technologically after the launch of Sputnik was the
development of the internet. See Internet:
A Cold War Baby |
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Apollo
11: man on the moon 1969
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the
first step on the moon
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