Sputnik’s launch on October 4, 1957, was covered on television, a relatively new and increasingly popular medium. The Soviet Union’s surprise success at putting the first human-made object in space shocked the U.S. and triggered the superpower space race.
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Sputnik’s launch on October 4, 1957, was covered on television, a relatively new and increasingly popular medium. The Soviet Union’s surprise success at putting the first human-made object in space shocked the U.S. and triggered the superpower space race.
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Strelka shot into space in a Soviet craft on August 19, 1960, along with another dog, Belka; a rabbit; 40 mice; two rats; flies; and some plants and fungi. The menagerie made it back to Earth. The preserved dogs, hailed as heroes, are displayed in a Moscow museum.
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Strelka shot into space in a Soviet craft on August 19, 1960, along with another dog, Belka; a rabbit; 40 mice; two rats; flies; and some plants and fungi. The menagerie made it back to Earth. The preserved dogs, hailed as heroes, are displayed in a Moscow museum.
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The Apollo 11 crew, including the first astronauts to land on the moon, were carried into space on July 16, 1969, in this command module, the Columbia. The three men returned to Earth in the capsule, which splashed down southwest of Hawaii.
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The Apollo 11 crew, including the first astronauts to land on the moon, were carried into space on July 16, 1969, in this command module, the Columbia. The three men returned to Earth in the capsule, which splashed down southwest of Hawaii.
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