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Initially, the competition to space between the United States and the Soviet Union began as military competition during the cold war.
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10 Interesting Fact About The history of the space race
10 Interesting Fact About The history of the space race
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Initially, the competition to space between the United States and the Soviet Union began as military competition during the cold war.
The Soviet Union became the first country to launch the first man -made satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.
In 1961, the cosmonaut of the Soviet Union Yuri Gagarin became the first human to reach the earth's orbit.
In the same year, the United States sent its first astronaut, Alan Shepard, into space.
United States President John F. Kennedy set a goal to land humans in the month of 1961 in his famous speech at the congress.
In 1969, Apollo 11 mission crew from the United States, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin, became the first human being to land on the Moon.
The Soviet Union sent a space for the first time visiting Venus in 1961, although it was not successful landing on the planet.
In 1971, the Soviet Union sent the first space vehicle that successfully landed on Mars, Mars 3.
After the Challenger Space Wahana accident in 1986, the United States of Standline program experienced a significant delay.
In 1998, the International Space Station (ISS) began to be built with cooperation between the United States, Russia, and other countries.
