Space Race 🚀🌌 Flashcards

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what is the context of the space race

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It’s a political race between the USA and the USSR during the cold war to prove who’s the best

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What happened in October 1957?

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The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik

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Who was the president of the US during Sputnik Launch

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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what happened then? in 1957

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A dog Laika was sent into space by the Soviet union

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5
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1958?

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Satelit explorer 1 is launched

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1958 after that?

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The NASA was created

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1961 for the USSR?

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Yuri Gagarin is the first man in space

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July 1969

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The first men on the moon

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9
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How was the mission called

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Apollo 11

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Who were aboard

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N. Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Micheal Collins

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Who stayed in the spaceship?

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M. Collins

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