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Most historic event of the 20th century

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On January 31, 1958, the USA officially entered the space race by launching Explorer 1.

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In 1960 and while the Soviets were leading the space race, in an attempt to become more competitive NASA launched Tiros 1, the first successful weather satellite.

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On April 12, 1961, the USSR took a clear lead and gained the admiration of the whole world by sending the first man into space.

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On June 16, 1963, the USSR achieved another first by sending the first woman into space, Valentina Tereshkova.

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1957-1975

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The Space Race was important because it showed the world which country had the best science.

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First Soviet Union to ever create a true space program

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President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev

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The Space Race was a competition between the Soviet Union and the United States for supremacy in spaceflight capability.