List of Spacefaring Nations (Space Race Didn't End)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
The Soviet Union had a number of firsts in the Early Period of the Space Race including: The first intercontinental missile, first satellite (Sputnik 1), first dog in space (Laika), first man in space, Yuri Gagarin; first woman in space-Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, first space walk, first landing probe to the moon, first pictures of the dark side of the moon, first unmanned soft landing on the moon, first interplanetary prode to Venus, first Moon base and first space station all in the first 15 years of the space race.

After the race got more heated up their accomplishments were still numerous:First manned flyby to Venus, first manned landing on Phobos (Moon of Mars), first out post on an asteroid, first manned landing on Europa and first mission to Uranus.

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