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Further Reading:

https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/lw/103729.htm#:~:text=On%20October%204%2C%201957%2C%20the,first%20artificial%20satellite%2C%20Sputnik%20I.

https://www.nasa.gov/history/60-years-ago-vanguard-fails-to-reach-orbit/ 

https://www.britannica.com/technology/Sputnik

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/sputnik#:~:text=The%20successful%20launch%20came%20as,accomplish%20this%20scientific%20advancement%20first.&text=The%20fact%20that%20the%20Soviets,behind%20in%20developing%20new%20technology.

https://www.nasa.gov/history/explorer-1-overview/

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/60counting/begin.html#:~:text=In%20July%201958%2C%20Eisenhower%20had,1%2C%201958.

https://www.nasa.gov/reference/the-national-advisory-committee-for-aeronautics/

https://www.nasa.gov/history/the-decision-to-go-to-the-moon/#:~:text=On%20May%2025%2C%201961%2C%20President,the%20end%20of%20the%20decade.

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