The Space Race
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The Soviet Space Race
By 1951, the Soviets had actually launched what's called a suborbital spaceflight with two dogs on board and brought them back to the ground. This was almost a full decade before the United States did the same thing. The next item on the Soviet scientist list is putting a satellite fully into orbit. But at this point, the powers that be denied Korolev's request to use the R7 for this purpose. Satellites are interesting, certainly, but not a priority. Their minds are firmly set on gaining the upper hand in the Cold War.
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