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Space race

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  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1
    This competition gained public attention with the "Sputnik shock", when the USSR achieved the first successful artificial satellite launch on October 4, 1957 of Sputnik 1,

  • The first human in space

    The first human in space
    USSR sent the first human to space with the orbital flight of Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961.

  • A robot in the moon

    A robot in the moon
    The USSR demonstrated an early lead in the race with these and other firsts over the next few years, reaching the Moon for the first time with the Luna programme by employing robotic missions.

  • First person in the moon

    First person in the moon
    Kennedy's Moon landing goal was achieved in July 1969, with the flight of Apollo 11, a singular achievement considered by the Americans as overshadowing any combination of Soviet achievements that have been made.

  • The détente

    The détente
    A period of détente followed with the April 1972 agreement on a co-operative Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), resulting in the July 1975 rendezvous in Earth orbit of a US astronaut crew with a Soviet cosmonaut crew and joint development of an international docking standard APAS-75.