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Space Race Time Line
After the fall of Nazi Germany at the end of ... one month before NASA's Apollo 11 landed the first men on the moon. To many, the space race ended when Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin ...
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The Space Race
October 12: V. M. Komarov, K. P. Feoktistov and B. B. Yegorov all fly on Voskhod 1, the first mission to send multiple men into space. March 18: Voskhod 2 carries Pavel Belyayev and Alexei Leonov ...
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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Black Women Who Fueled the NASA Space Race
T he Space Race of the 1960s was a monumental period in history. The competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to dominate space exploration captured the world’s attention, but ...
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Nikita Khrushchev’s Son Watched his Father Lose the Space Race. 50 Years After the Moon Landing, He Holds No Grudge
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Homeschool History Lesson: The Space Race
USA vs. USSR: Fierce rivals in the Space Race The USA and the USSR believed that whoever controlled space could control the destiny of the planet. During the 20th Century, in the years after World ...