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Space Race : USA or USSR?
During the Cold War, the two superpowers (the United States and the Soviet Union) competed for dominance in spaceflight capability. Who accomplished these achievements first?
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1.
Artificial satellite put into orbit
USA
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USSR
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Sputnik 1 (October, 4th 1957)
2.
Animal put into orbit
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USSR
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Sputnik 2 (November, 3rd 1957). It was a female dog named Laïka.
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Discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt
USA
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USSR
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Explorer 1 (January, 31st 1958). This is a zone of energetic charged particles held around Earth by its magnetic field.
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Communication satellite
USA
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USSR
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SCORE (December, 18th 1958)
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Flight over the Moon
USA
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USSR
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Luna 1 (January, 4th 1959)
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Meteorological satellite
USA
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USSR
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Vanguard 2 (February, 17th 1959)
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Photograph of Earth from Space
USA
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USSR
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Explorer 6 (August, 7th 1959)
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Man-made object reaching the Moon
USA
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USSR
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Luna 2 (September, 13th 1959)
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Photograph of the far side of the Moon
USA
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USSR
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Luna 3 (October, 4th 1959)
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Recovery of a man-made object from space
USA
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USSR
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Discoverer 13 (August, 11th 1960)
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Human journeying into outer space
USA
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Vostok 1 (April, 12th 1961). His name was Yuri Gagarin.
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Woman journeying into outer space
USA
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Vostok 6 (June, 16th 1963). Her name is Valentina Tereshkova.
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Geosynchronous satellite
USA
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USSR
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Syncom 3 (August, 19th 1964)
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Extravehicular activity
USA
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USSR
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Voskhod 2 (March, 18th 1965). His name is Alexei Leonov.
15.
Man-made object reaching Venus
USA
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USSR
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Venera 3 (March, 1st 1966)
16.
Man orbiting around the Moon
USA
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USSR
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Apollo 8 (December, 21st 1968)
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Man on the Moon
USA
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USSR
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Apollo 11 (July, 21st 1969). His name was Neil Armstrong.
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Automated return of a sample of lunar soil
USA
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USSR
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Luna 16 (September, 24th 1970)
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Space station
USA
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USSR
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Saliout 1 (April, 23rd 1971)
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Man-made object reaching Mars
USA
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Mars 2 (November, 27th 1971)
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9 Comments
RCAF
+5
Level 47
Oct 13, 2020
It's amazing how many firsts the Soviets established. I wonder if Moon and/or Mars bases would already be a thing of the past if they were still around.
BolyaiAnna
+2
Level 82
Oct 13, 2020
Mars no, the Moon probably.
IceLemonTea
+1
Level 64
Aug 22, 2021
hmm.. I thought the americans faked the moon landing
PeggaIsLag
+3
Level 62
Aug 22, 2021
America is fake.
zombieeaters
+4
Level 62
Aug 22, 2021
Number 18 is misleading because the USA brought back samples previously with the Apollo 11 mission.
Oreom
+2
Level 30
Aug 26, 2021
That is what I was thinking 🤔
WalkingWiki
+1
Level 20
Feb 26, 2024
same
RoanM
+1
Level 18
Nov 22, 2022
18 is wrong, lunar soil samples were returned to earth with Apollo 11, over a year before Luna 16 brought samples back to Earth. The Soviets just built the first AUTOMATED soil sample return mission.
JoyEmpire
+1
Level 46
Mar 22, 2024
US got Fruit Flies into space long before USSR got any animals up there
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