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Exploration & Migration
The Space Race, Sputnik to Apollo-Soyuz
The Cold War contest between the United States and the Soviet Union to lead in spaceflight, from Sputnik in 1957 to the Moon landing in 1969. It gave way to cooperation with the joint Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975.
by Miguel Santos · 4 tracks · 16 events
19381938 – 1975
Soviet Space ProgramUS Space ProgramPeople, Setbacks and Cooperation
1938
Korolev was freed in 1944, though his charges were formally dropped only in 1957, the year Sputnik flew.
20 years · AI-written context
1957 – 1958
3 events, back to back
1959
1961 – 1961
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1969
Apollo ended with Apollo 17 in December 1972. Six missions landed on the Moon, putting twelve people on its surface.
6 years · AI-written context
1975
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