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The world didnt even know his name until he was buried in the kremlin wall as a hero of the soviet union the man who ensured he and sputnik one would have a place in the history books. and it wasnt just sputnik. four years after that launch carli have succeeded again in the next space conquest when youre a good guy and became the first man in space it was the next humiliation for the u.s. . but three years after coralie of stefan browns saturn five moon rocket turned things around for the americ...

See his face. the world didnt even know his name until he was buried in the kremlin wall as a hero of the soviet union the man who ensured he and sputnik one would have a place in the history books. and it wasnt just sputnik. four years after that launch succeeded again in the next space conquest when youre a good girl and became the first man in space it was the next humiliation for the u.s. . but three years after coralie off stephan browns saturn five moon rocket turned things around for the ...

3 and a half years after the sputnik shock on april 12th, 1961, the soviets out paced the u.s. once again when confidante became the first human being in space. >> they beat us into orbit. so we were behind. we were lagging. >> america scrambled to catch up. less than one month later mercury 7 became the first american in space. just over 3 nonts into his presidency john f. kennedy like millions of other americans across the country was glued to his television. >> he became an instant hero that ...

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With the dinasaurs or the -- you can be into dinasaurs or rockets. >> when i didnt get into the per ruer key -- mercury program i said i was interested in rockets before those guys could spell it. >> projectco mercury began in 1958 with the goals of putting a human in orbit and doing so before the soviets did. on that second count they failed. a half years after the sputnik shock on april 12th, 1960 you 1 the -- 1961 the soviets out paced the u.s. when a cosmonaut was the first in space. >> they...

On the second count they failed. 3 and a half years after the sputnik shock on april 12th, 1961, the soviets out paced the u.s. once again when confidante became the first human being in space. >> they beat us into orbit. so we were behind. we were lagging. >> america scrambled to catch up. less than one month later mercury 7 became the first american in space. just over 3 nonts into his presidency john f. kennedy like millions of other americans across the country was glued to his television. >...