The Space ____ was an important part of the ____, showing the ____ between the United States and the ____ for power and technological leadership. It started in 1957 when the Soviet Union launched ____, the first satellite, which made the U.S. worry they were falling behind. The Soviets achieved other milestones, like sending the first human, Yuri Gagarin, into space in 1961. The U.S. responded with its own successes, like ____ orbiting Earth in 1962 and landing astronauts on the Moon with ____ in 1969. While the Space Race drove innovation and inspired scientific progress, it also fueled tensions and huge spending on military technology. It ended in 1975 with the ____ Test Project, a joint mission that showed the two countries could work together.

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