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Space Race

Soviet cosmonaut Major Yuri Gagarin is shown in a black and white portrait photograph wearing a space helmet with the visor open.

It’s been 60 years since Yuri Gagarin became the first man in outer space

Science

Author Stephen Walker discusses his biography on Yuri Gagarin with The World’s host Marco Werman.

An elderly white man in front of a white background

Khrushchev’s son recalls Sputnik, Gagarin ascent in US-Soviet space race

Global Politics
Clyde Foster analyzing data for NASA

How JFK made NASA his secret weapon in the fight for civil rights in America

Justice

Soviet space memorabilia

Global Politics
The World

How to Find Our ‘Sputnik Moments’

Environment
The World

Fifty years later, the finish line is still the moon for NASA

Environment

It’s the 50th anniversary of a great proxy battle fought in outer space. In 1958, President Eisenhower created NASA so the United States could compete with the USSR in space technology. Today, there’s a new space race on ? between China and America. The finish line, 50 years later, is still the moon.

The World

India’s moon mission

Environment

India is preparing to launch its first lunar mission. The launch will send an unmanned research craft to orbit the moon. The BBC’s Tinku Ray reports on final preparations for tomorrow’s launch.

The World

China’s first foray into space

Environment

China is expected to launch its first three-man space mission tomorrow. The astronauts will orbit the earth for almost three days, and one will become the first Chinese to go on a space walk.