https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2016-12-12 20:53:20 UTC 2016-12-13 21:03:16 UTC hello@padlet.com gabrielle_hall1 https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143243888 The Space Race was a competition between the Soviet Union and the United States for supremacy in spaceflight capability. ]]> 2016-12-12 20:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143243888 gabrielle_hall1 https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143244542 President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev]]> 2016-12-12 21:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143244542 gabrielle_hall1 https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143245432 First Soviet Union to ever create a true space program]]> 2016-12-12 21:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143245432 gabrielle_hall1 https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143488070 The Space Race was important because it showed the world which country had the best science. ]]> 2016-12-13 20:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143488070 gabrielle_hall1 https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143488659 1957-1975]]> 2016-12-13 20:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143488659 gabrielle_hall1 https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143488752 On June 16, 1963, the USSR achieved another first by sending the first woman into space, Valentina Tereshkova.]]> 2016-12-13 20:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143488752 gabrielle_hall1 https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143488988 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.]]> 2016-12-13 20:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143488988 gabrielle_hall1 https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143489007 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.]]> 2016-12-13 20:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143489007 gabrielle_hall1 https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143489018 On January 31, 1958, the USA officially entered the space race by launching Explorer 1.]]> 2016-12-13 20:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143489018 gabrielle_hall1 https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143489030 Most historic event of the 20th century]]> 2016-12-13 20:57:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gabrielle_hall1/u3a18v0y1xaj/wish/143489030