Encore: The Space Race | Playing Catch Up | 2
American History Tellers
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The History of the American Satellite Launch
The explorer mission made von Braun a national hero. The launch of explorer demonstrated that america could act with speed and innovation in space 1958 was a big year for the u.s. Space program following the successful launch of sputnik. In december as part of project score abma would launch the first communication Satellite in the game of tit for tat.
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