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The world didn't 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 wasn't just sputnik. four years after that launch carli have succeeded again in the next space conquest when you're 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 brown's saturn five moon rocket turned things around for the americans again. landing a man on the moon was the first u.s. triumph over the soviets in space. the m...

See his face. the world didn't 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 wasn't just sputnik. four years after that launch succeeded again in the next space conquest when you're 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 brown's saturn five moon rocket turned things around for the americans again. landing a man on the moon was the first u.s. triumph over the soviets in space....

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 they needed. >> jfk his sights set on beating the soviets had advice from the top engineers one was ...

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With the dinasaurs or the -- you can be into dinasaurs or rockets. >> when i didn't 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 beat us into orbit. we were behind. we were lagging. >> america scrambled to catch up. less than o...