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Space Race
The space race was a series of competitive technology demonstrations between the United States and the Soviet Union, aiming to show superiority in spaceflight. -
First Spacecraft to launch Successfully
The name of the craft was sputnik 1 launched by the soviet union. -
First successful launch to carry a living organism
Also Second successful launch. The living organism was a soviet dog named Laika. -
First Unsuccessful Spacecraft luanch
Vanguard TV3 The United States’ much-hyped first attempt at launching a satellite into orbit failed ending in an explosion. -
Third Successful Space Craft Launch
Sputnik 3 was the only Soviet satellite launched in 1958. Sputnik 3 made it into orbit during the International Geophysical Year. -
Dwight D Eisenhower founded Nasa
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First spacecraft to touch the moon
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First ever Human in space
The Vostok capsule carried the first-ever human to make a spaceflight, the Soviet Union's cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who clocked in with just over one full orbit of Earth. -
Apollo 11 launches
The United States' Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission to land on the Moon -
First Human to touch the moon
Neil Armstrong was the first human to step foot on the moon marking the end of the space race.
