100 Word Challenge: Tim

100 Word Challenge

When the Soviet Union launched sputnik, the whole world was in shock.  You could tune in to the radio of sputnik, and hear it beeping from space!  You could also see it in the night sky!  The U.S. was also completely staggered.  Meetings were held across the country to find an answer.  The United States already had developed a satellite, but they could not launch it properly.  They called it Explorer 1.  The first successful launch was four months after the Soviet launch of sputnik and sputnik 2.  Sputnik 2 carried a living organism with it, a dog named Laika.  This was also a blow to the US.  This is what started the space race.