HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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Question
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What event is considered the start of the “Space Race?”
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US astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon.
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US launched its program known as NASA.
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USSR launched an artificial satellite.
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USSR astronaut Yuri Gagrain was the first man to reach space.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I.
Detailed explanation-2: -4 October 1957: The USSR successfully launches Sputnik 1, the first Earth-orbiting satellite in history.
Detailed explanation-3: -On October 4, 1957, a Soviet R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile launched Sputnik (Russian for “traveler”), the world’s first artificial satellite and the first man-made object to be placed into the Earth’s orbit. Sputnik’s launch came as a surprise, and not a pleasant one, to most Americans.
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