8h 53min, jan 1, 1957 y - The Soviets launched Sputnik.

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The Soviets launched the satellite, Sputnik, into space. Satellites like Sputnik could be used to launch nuclear weapons from space onto any country in the world. The US became concerned, so President Eisenhower founded NASA so that the US could have the same technology and maybe even a more advanced one.

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The Cold War

ByGrace Hicks

30 Jan 2018

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8h 53min, jan 1, 1957 y

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