#176: The Space Race - Part One | The Early Years

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After the end of the Second World War, the US and the USSR were
locked in a race to get to space first.


Discover how the race started, who scored all the early points,
and why going to the moon first was the biggest prize in space
history.


End of World War II & Nazi V2 rockets

The head of the USA space programme: Wernher von Braun

The head of the USSR space programme: Sergei Korolev

The early years of The Space Race

Why there was such a desire to get to space

Communism vs. Capitalism

The first Sputnik Satellite

Confusing The Americans

First animals into space

Yuri Gagarin: The first man in space

1962: A bold claim from President John F. Kennedy

Next step "the moon"

The alternative "man on the moon" plans




Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary
available on the website:
https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/space-race-1


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