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The Russian space program in the 1960s was known as the Soviet space program. It was responsible for significant achievements such as launching the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, and sending the first human, Yuri Gagarin, into space.
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The Russian space program that linked with the American Apollo spacecraft in space in 1975 was the Soviet Soyuz program. This joint mission was known as the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) and symbolized the end of the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The Space Shuttle program began in 1981 with the launch of STS-1, the first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
The Apollo Space Program was conceived in the early 1960s during the Eisenhower presidency. The Apollo program didn't really get going until the year 1963.
The dog that was sent into space in 1975 was a Russian dog named Bars. Bars was one of the dogs involved in the Soviet space program's experiments testing the effects of space travel on living organisms.
Satellite, Saturn, space station, stars, sun and Sputnik spacecraft (Russian) are space words. They begin with the letter s.
"Buran" is an acronym that in Russian stands for "Бурaевый Aппарат Наземного базирования", which means "Russian for 'snowstorm' or 'blizzard' in English." It was the name of the Soviet space shuttle program and the orbiter itself.
A person from Russia who explores space is called a cosmonaut. Cosmonauts are trained astronauts who are part of the Russian space program and conduct missions to outer space.
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A cosmonaut is another term for an astronaut. Generally, the term "cosmonaut" is used only for astronauts associated with the Soviet or Russian space program.