UNIVERSE
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Question
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Yuri Gagarin went into space
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The United States established NASA
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The United States launched Explorer I
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The Soviet Union launched Sputnik I
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Detailed explanation-1: -The world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, marking the start of the space race.
Detailed explanation-2: -On October 4, 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. The satellite, an 85-kilogram (187-pound) metal sphere the size of a basketball, was launched on a huge rocket and orbited Earth at 29, 000 kilometers per hour (18, 000 miles per hour) for three months.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Sputnik 1 spacecraft was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in orbit around the Earth and was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam (370 km southwest of the small town of Baikonur) in Kazakhstan, then part of the former Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-4: -The competition began on 2 August 1955, when the Soviet Union responded to the US announcement of their similar intent to launch artificial satellites. The Space Race has its origins in the nuclear arms race between the two nations following the Second World War.