Tensions; space race

The U.S and U.S.S.R were in a race against time to be the fist to launch a satelliet into space. All of our launches kept failing one after another. On October 9, 1957 the U.S.S.R won the race by Launching Sputnik into the orbit. America suddenly became afraid of simple things such as going outside. We feared that at anytime our would could end because of nuclear warheads. We worried about our future and our kids future. We were very happy when sputnik was retrevied out of space.