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The Soviet Union Launched Sputnik 1
Some may say Sputnik, but that isn't true, the US space program was already in place. Germans developed rockets for war purposes during WW2 and some of their scientists 'defected' to the US after the war, again not the real beginning. In the 1920's or 30's Robert Goddard pioneered rocketry, and he was an American, still this may not be it. Jules Vern wrote a book or short story about a trip to the moon, Science Fiction but this got people like Goddard started thinking about space travel. That gets my vote.
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What was the name of the soviet space program in 1970?
Soviet Space Program/ your face
What did the National Defense Education Act do?
This reform was a reaction to the space program of the Soviet Union
Which event began the space race?
Sputnik 1
What year did the space program start?
1963
When did the space shuttle program start?
The first flight for the Space Shuttle program took place on April 12, 1981, though the program officially began in 1972. There were 135 flights that took place before the program ended in 2011.
The American space program that carried teams of mostly three astronauts into space?
The space program was Project Apollo, or the Apollo Program.
Second american-manned space program?
The second American maned space program was the two man spacecrafts called the Gemini.
What was the second American-manned space program.?
The Geminii program
What event proved that mammals could live in space?
The US space program has sent numerous animals into space,
How many space shuttles were there in the beginning of the shuttle program?
there was 2 .. launching to get to the international space station up in space
What was the first program to send Americans to space?
Mercury was the name given to the first American space program.
What was the name of the space program that sent the first American in space?
Mercury.
Why The American program to land people on the moon was called?
The Apollo Space program.
What was the name of the American space program that carried one astrounaut into space?
Mercury
What was the name of the American space program that carried pairs of astronauts into space?
Gemini
This was the second american manned space program?
Gemini.
This was the second American-manned space program?
Gemini
