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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
Sputnik 1 (October, 4th 1957)
USA
USSR
2. Animal put into orbit
Sputnik 2 (November, 3rd 1957). It was a female dog named Laïka.
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3. Discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt
Explorer 1 (January, 31st 1958). This is a zone of energetic charged particles held around Earth by its magnetic field.
USA
USSR
4. Communication satellite
SCORE (December, 18th 1958)
USA
USSR
5. Flight over the Moon
Luna 1 (January, 4th 1959)
USA
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6. Meteorological satellite
Vanguard 2 (February, 17th 1959)
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7. Photograph of Earth from Space
Explorer 6 (August, 7th 1959)
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8. Man-made object reaching the Moon
Luna 2 (September, 13th 1959)
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9. Photograph of the far side of the Moon
Luna 3 (October, 4th 1959)
USA
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10. Recovery of a man-made object from space
Discoverer 13 (August, 11th 1960)
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11. Human journeying into outer space
Vostok 1 (April, 12th 1961). His name was Yuri Gagarin.
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12. Woman journeying into outer space
Vostok 6 (June, 16th 1963). Her name is Valentina Tereshkova.
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13. Geosynchronous satellite
Syncom 3 (August, 19th 1964)
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14. Extravehicular activity
Voskhod 2 (March, 18th 1965). His name is Alexei Leonov.
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15. Man-made object reaching Venus
Venera 3 (March, 1st 1966)
USA
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16. Man orbiting around the Moon
Apollo 8 (December, 21st 1968)
USA
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17. Man on the Moon
Apollo 11 (July, 21st 1969). His name was Neil Armstrong.
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18. Automated return of a sample of lunar soil
Luna 16 (September, 24th 1970)
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19. Space station
Saliout 1 (April, 23rd 1971)
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20. Man-made object reaching Mars
Mars 2 (November, 27th 1971)
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10 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 84
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 63
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 22
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
CityAnnihilator8
+1
Level 54
May 26, 2025
7 is wrong. It was actually the V-2 rocket that first photographed the Earth outside the Karman line in 1946. And it was done by the Soviets
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