with successful launching of USSR satelite The Explorer 1 on January 31, 1958.
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the space race
The Great Space Race happened in 1984.
Because it was a "race" between the USSR and the US to reach space milestones first.
President Kennedy entered the US into the space race in 1961.
The space race is important because it shows the competitive nature between humans. it is a race between Russia and america to reach (get a man on) the moon. the race was stared when russia launched a satellite called sputnik in 1957, the americans thought this could destroy them (by launching missiles from space) and the race for space started.