Space Race “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things…not because they are easy, but because they are hard." John F. Kennedy.

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Space Race “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things…not because they are easy, but because they are hard." John F. Kennedy

It Begins In 1962, President Kennedy announces U.S. intentions to reach the moon No technology existed to support this promise

Events Leading up to Americans Walking on the Moon 1957 The Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite. 1958 The United States launches its first satellite, Explorer I. NASA is formed in the U.S.

Space Race 3. 1959 The Soviet Union launches Luna 2. 1. First space probe to hit the moon 4. 1961 1. Soviet Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person to orbit the Earth. 2. Alan Shepard, Jr. becomes the first American in space. 5. 1962 1. John Glenn, Jr. becomes the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth.

Space Race 6. 1963 First woman in space is Soviet Valentina Tereshkova. 7. 1968 The U.S. launches Apollo 8, the first manned space mission to orbit the moon. 8. 1969 Apollo 11- U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin walk on the moon.

U.S. wins! By reaching the moon first, the United States won the space race Important media event The world watched each country’s progress with great interest. Did capitalism win?

Explorer I Sputnik I Vanguard I Vostok I Mercury