Top 10 Lesser Known Facts About the Space Race
The first Russian astronauts were dogs: Okay, let me be clear: I'm not saying anything derogatory about Russian astronauts! I'm just including astronauts that weren't humans.
The Space Race is older than we think: If you were to look up "when did the Space Race begin" your answer will probably be 1955. August 2nd, 1955, if you want to be precise.
Russian astronauts peed on buses to pay tribute to Yuri Garachin, the first man to go into space: And far as females go, they would do like way, but they would bring their urine in vials.
Buzz Aldrin took his historic steps sloshing in urine: It kind of feels like the theme. When Aldrin landed the Apollo 11 Lunar module, he landed it so softly that the mudule's legs compressed.
Alan Shepard played golf on the moon: American astronaut Alan Shepard made history in the cosmos when he decided to take a few swings of the club on the Moon in part of the Apollo 14 mission.
Buzz Aldrin took his historic steps sloshing in urine: It kind of feels like the theme. When Aldrin landed the Apollo 11 Lunar module, he landed it so softly that the mudule's legs compressed.
The United States used Corona to photograph Russia for 12 years: From 1960 to 1972, using a reconnaissance operation with the code name Corona, the United States regularly photographed.
Human cosmonauts had to watch White Sun of the Desert the evening before launch: Russia has more weird traditions for astronauts than just peeing on bus tires,
Russia was the first nation to put a man in orbit: While in space, Yuri did orbit the planet, in about 89 minutes. Vostok 1 orbited Earth freely but it was guided completely by an automatic controls.
Russia was the first nation to launch a satellite into space: This was the wake up call that the United States needed, if we were indeed falling behind, technologically.