June 14, 1962: Western Europe Officially Joins the Space Race

1962: An agreement establishing the European Space Research Organisation, forerunner to the European Space Agency, is signed.
The Western Europeans were as shocked as the Americans by the Soviet Union’s successful launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957, and their gloom only deepened as the United States and USSR embarked on a superpower space race that [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/06/0614western-europe-space-research/

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