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| The '''Space Race''' was a competition between the ] and the ] in space exploration and technology, and especially to the race between the two nations to land a human being on the moon. Significant events: | The '''Space Race''' was a competition between the ] and the ] in space exploration and technology, and especially to the race between the two nations to land a human being on the moon. Significant events: | ||
| *first artificial satellite - ] (USSR) | *first artificial satellite - ] (], USSR) | ||
| *first animal in space - ] (USSR) | *first animal in space - ] (USSR) | ||
| *first manned ] - ] (USSR) | *first manned ] - ] (], USSR) | ||
| *first ]al flight - ] ( |
*first ]al flight - ] (as above) | ||
| *first dual flight (USSR) | *first dual flight (], USSR) | ||
| *first woman in space - ] (1963 |
*first woman in space - ] (], USSR) | ||
| *first flight with |
*first flight with more than one crew member - ] (], USSR) | ||
| *first ] - ] on ] (], USSR) | |||
| *first connection in space between two craft (USA) | |||
| *first ] |
*first space rendezvous - ]/] (], USA) | ||
| *first space docking - ] (], USA) | |||
| *first ] on moon - ] (USSR) | *first ] on moon - ] (USSR) | ||
| *first orbital flight of moon - ] (USA) | *first orbital flight of moon - ] (], USA) | ||
| *first human landing on moon - ] (USA) | *first human landing on moon - ] (], USA) | ||
| The Soviets beat the Americans in most firsts, but did not manage to beat them to the moon. ] and especially ] technology advanced greatly during this period. | The Soviets beat the Americans in most firsts, but did not manage to beat them to the moon. ] and especially ] technology advanced greatly during this period. In the sense that it was contested during the ], the space race is usually considered to have been ended by the joint ] in ]. | ||
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The Space Race was a competition between the United States and the USSR in space exploration and technology, and especially to the race between the two nations to land a human being on the moon. Significant events:
- first artificial satellite - Sputnik 1 (1957, USSR)
- first animal in space - Sputnik 2 (USSR)
- first manned spaceflight - Vostok 1 (1961, USSR)
- first orbital flight - Vostok 1 (as above)
- first dual flight (1962, USSR)
- first woman in space - Valentina Tereshkova (1963, USSR)
- first flight with more than one crew member - Voskhod 1 (1964, USSR)
- first spacewalk - Aleksei Leonov on Voskhod 2 (1965, USSR)
- first space rendezvous - Gemini 6/Gemini 7 (1965, USA)
- first space docking - Gemini 8 (1966, USA)
- first spacecraft on moon - Luna 2 (USSR)
- first orbital flight of moon - Apollo 8 (1968, USA)
- first human landing on moon - Apollo 11 (1969, USA)
The Soviets beat the Americans in most firsts, but did not manage to beat them to the moon. Technology and especially aerospace technology advanced greatly during this period. In the sense that it was contested during the 1960s, the space race is usually considered to have been ended by the joint Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975.