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The Race Begins
The USSR placed the first successful satellite into orbit. It was called Sputnik I. -
Race to the Moon
President Kennedy launched the Apollo Moon program. -
The First Man in Orbit
USSR's Yuri Gagarin, was the first man to orbit the Earth in the spacecraft Vostok I. -
Man on the Moon
Apollo crew landed on the moon. Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. -
The End of the Space Race
Relations between the US and the Soviet Union began to get better, the first joint US-Soviet mission occured with the Apollo-Soyez project.
