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What was the event that safet the Stace Race?

O the Wercury mission
O the Sputnik launch
O the moon anting

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The world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, marking the start of the space race.
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The Soviet Union achieve a clear triumph in the Space Race. Aboard the Vostok 1, Yuri Gagarin makes a single orbit around the Earth

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