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In the late 1950's space became the new arena for friendly competition. The vastness of space pitted two of the world's largest superpowers to go head to head.
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By the mid 1950s Soviet Russia had become the second world super power with nuclear arms. On October 4, 1957 a Soviet R-7 ballistic missile launched the first satellite nicknamed "Sputnik"
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In 1958, the US launched a satellite of its own, Apollo I. Apollo I was designed by the US army under the direction of Wernher von Braun.
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In 1959 the Soviet space program aunches Luna II. Luna II was the first probe to hit the moon.
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In April 1961, Yuri Gargarin became the first man to orbit the Earth. He traveled in the Volstok I.
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On July 16, 1969, US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men on the moon. Apollo 11 was the first attempt to land on the moon.,
