Space Race
The success of Sputnik was followed by the Russians launching the first man into space. On April 12, 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became a household name around the world. This photo shows the launching of a Space Shuttle - can you find the three differences in this photo hunt puzzle?
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The advancements of the USSR shocked the American public, and were an embarrassment to the US. On September 12, 1962 John F. Kennedy made his famous Moon Speech and laid out the United States goals of going to the moon. |
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