Space Race
The sole purpose of the Space Race was to land a man on the moon and return him safely back to Earth. This race was between Soviet Russia and the U.S. The space race was started when Russia sent out the Apollo 11 satellite. We officially decided to compete when President Kennedy made his speech stating that we will be sending a man to the moon by the end of the 1960's.
Sputnik I
Sending out a satellite was a new and very exciting project. There were never any satellites before and it was still a dream to explore anything further than the Earth that they lived on. This dream was made true when Russia sent out Sputnik I.
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 wasn't the first launch that was intended to go to the moon, but it was the first one that actually did. It ended the space race and granted America victorious. Apollo was a launch that changed America and the world.