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The Sputnik shock spurs the creation of NASA

July 1958 · Washington, D.C. · importance 4/5 · manual

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The space race: rivalry, rendezvous, and spying step 5

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Sputnik 1, the first satellite triggered this

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Start date (EDTF) July 1958 End date (EDTF, empty for a point event)

1914 · 1914-07-28 · -0489 (490 BCE) · 1930~ (circa) · 19XX (century) · 197X (decade)

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