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| 1 | the world's first space satellite. this meant the soviet union had a missile powerful enough to reach the us. | 17 sets | |
| 2 | first artificial earth satellite, it was launched by moscow in 1957 and sparked u.s. fears of soviet dominance in technology and outer space. it led to the creation of nasa and the space race. | 8 sets | |
| 3 | first satellite launched into space | 6 sets | |
| 4 | a russian artificial satellite | 5 sets | |
| 5 | first satelite launched into space | 5 sets | |
| 6 | first satillite, sent up by russia 1957 | 5 sets | |
| 7 | october, 1957 - the first artificial satellite sent into space, launched by the soviets. | 4 sets | |
| 8 | the world's first artificial satellite | 4 sets | |
| 9 | in october 1957, the soviet union surprised the world by launching sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. the resulting outcry in the united states, especially fears that the soviets were ahead in both space exploration and military missiles, forced the eisenhower administration to increase defense spending and accelerate america's space program. | 4 sets | |
| 10 | world's 1st satellite launched by ussr; oct., 1957 | 3 sets | |
| 11 | first artificial satellite | 3 sets | |
| 12 | the first man-made satellite to be launched into outer space. | 3 sets | |
| 13 | a russian satellite that provoked the space wars between the usa and the soviet union. | 2 sets | |
| 14 | the world's first space satellite, launched by the soviet union. scared us into prioritizing science and math | 2 sets | |
| 15 | thing. the first satellite in space. 1957. | 2 sets | |
| 16 | little traveler | 2 sets | |
| 17 | 1957, artificial satelite | 2 sets | |
| 18 | an example of an artificial satellite | 2 sets | |
| 19 | each of a series of soviet artificial satellites, the first of which (launched on october 4, 1957) was the first satellite to be placed in orbit. | 2 sets | |
| 20 | the first man made satellite sent into outer space (sent by ussr) | 2 sets | |
| 21 | the first artificial satellite to orbit earth | 2 sets | |
| 22 | first satellite | 2 sets | |
| 23 | a man-made satellite launched by russia in 1957 | 2 sets | |
| 24 | the first artificial satellite to orbit earth, launched by the soviets in 1957 | 2 sets | |
| 25 | first artificial satellite to orbit the earth | 2 sets | |
| 26 | russian satellite lauched into space first; us fear of spy picture/attack by missile from the satellite; started the space race with russians | 2 sets | |
| 27 | was a russian satellite sent up to space in 1957. the breakthrough of the soviets destroyed the self-confidence of americans and initiated the space race. | 2 sets | |
| 28 | (1957) first artificial satellite to orbit the earth launched by ussr.=> fears that the soviets ahead in space exploration & military missiles -> eisenhower administration to increase defense spending and accelerate america's space program. | 2 sets | |
| 29 | first artificial satellite to orbit earth, launched by the soviets in 1957 | 2 sets | |
| 30 | the satellite sent into space by soviet scientists on october 4, 1957 which rattled american self-confidence. pg. 900 | 2 sets | |
| 31 | soviet first step in space race, provoked a sense of urgency in united states to get to the moon by 1969 | 2 sets | |
| 32 | 1957- arms race started in 1945 after atomic bomb was dropped. now there is a space race. just a satellite. this terrified the western world. so... in 1958 nasa was created. typical competition. so usa and soviet union were both dumping a ton of money in weapons and space. but russia did it at the expense of everything else. (people were starving) | 1 set | |
| 33 | the ussr was the first to launch an artificial satellite into orbit. it was called ___________ | 1 set | |
| 34 | the first artificial satellite | 1 set | |
| 35 | the world's first artificial satellite, launched by the soviet union | 1 set | |
| 36 | 1957-russian launches the first space satellite | 1 set | |
| 37 | soviet space satellite which caused u.s. to hasten is own space program and stress science education | 1 set | |
| 38 | the first artificial earth satellite, nasa created | 1 set | |
| 39 | the world's first artificial satellite launched into space october 4, 1957 by the soviet union | 1 set | |
| 40 | what was the name of the first satellite sent into space? | 1 set | |