HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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The United States was the first to have a man land on mars.
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The Soviet Union was the first to have a man land on the moon.
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The United States launched a unmanned satellite, Sputnik, into space.
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The Soviet Union launched an unmanned satellite, Sputnik, into space.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I. The successful launch came as a shock to experts and citizens in the United States, who had hoped that the United States would accomplish this scientific advancement first.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between the two nations following World War II.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Soviet Union launching Sputnik I ushered in new political, military, technologic, and scientific developments. It also market the start of the space age and US and the Soviet Union space race.
Detailed explanation-4: -Description. 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.