1958
After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit in October 1957, the U.S. responded by establishing the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in February 1958 to coordinate and accelerate its military space programs. One of ARPA’s first actions, in August 1958, was to start development of a...
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