SPACE WAR AND END OF COLD WAR

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In 1969, NASA launched Apollo ________, which conducted critical tests of its lunar module in Earth orbit; and Apollo 10, which all but landed on the moon, bringing its crew within a few miles of the lunar surface.

artificial satellite

This was the world's first ________, orbiting the Earth in 96.17 minutes and weighing 83 kg.

launch of Sputnik

The Space Age began with the development of several technologies that converged with the October 4, 1957 ________ 1 by the Soviet union.

Rapid advances

________ were made in rocketry, materials science, and other areas.

INF Treaty

The ___ _______ was the first arms-control pact to require an actual reduction in nuclear arsenals rather than merely restricting their proliferation.

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After __ years, the cold war ended.

United States

the space race was widely believed to have been won by the __________ __________