Question- Who do you think was ahead in the race by 1969?
Directions- Explain your answer
Answer- Yuri Gagarin
Explanation- The Russians had taken the lead in the Space Race. The Americans successfully launched their first satellite four months later called the Explorer I. The Soviets again won the race for putting the first man into space. On April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the Earth in the spacecraft Vostok I.