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Who Won the Space Race?

  • Moon landing, 1969
    In Who Won the Space Race?

    …considered to have won the Space Race. The Space Race was a fierce rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, defined by major milestones in space exploration. The Soviet Union initially took the lead by launching Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957. This was…

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