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17h 11min, oct 4, 1957 y - Space Race

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The world superpowers were now in a struggle for something beyond earth's atmosphere, space. On October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union launched sputnik 1. The launch had shocked many Americans. Soon the US created NASA to coordinate the space related efforts of American scientists and the military.

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17h 11min, oct 4, 1957 y
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~ 68 years ago