The Soviets Were Leading The Way
The USSR had already surpassed the US in the space exploration competition by the time the US announced its goal to get to the moon. Sputnik, the world’s first orbiting satellite, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. It also sent Yuri Gagarin into orbit in 1961, making him the first man to do so. One of the reasons the US set out to land on the moon was to catch up with the rest of the world.
The Soviets Were Leading The Way
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