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It turns out that it was part of a satellite called Sputnik that landed right here, and that set the Space Race into motion.

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Kennedy led the United States on a journey when he kicked the space race between the US and the Soviet Union into high gear with a speech in Houston.

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It is true that the Soviets won some of the early heats of the space race, including being the first to put a man into orbit.

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On April 12, 1961, Russia started the 20th century space race, sending its first cosmonaut, Yury Gagarin, into orbit for 108 hours aboard the Vostok spacecraft.

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