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The USSR launched the worlds first artificial satellite Sputnik. Sputnik broadcast a radio beacon as it orbited the earth, effectively rubbing the fact that they got there 1st into the Yanks faces.

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The launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik in 1957 is often considered the event that sparked the space race between the US and Russia. This was the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth's orbit, signaling the beginning of the space age and prompting a sense of competition between the two superpowers.


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What part of Russia was in the space race?

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