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1961 in the Soviet Union
Venera 1Venera 1 stood as a cylindrical body topped by a dome, reaching a total height of 2.3 meters. Engineers pressurized the interior to 105 kilopascals using dry…
Vostok 1The Space Race between the Soviet Union and the United States began just before the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 in 1957.