The Impact of Science and Technology

SETTING THE STAGEBeginning in the late 1950s, the United States and the Soviet Union competed in the exploration of space. The Soviets launched Earth’s first artificial satellite and put the first human in orbit around the planet. By the late 1960s, however, the United States had surpassed the Soviets. U.S. astronauts landed on the moon in 1969. ................
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