The then Soviet Union managed to put its first man into space a rather impressive 42 years ago, and in the process shocked America.

42年前，当时苏联首次举世瞩目地将人类送上太空，在此过程中美国十分震惊。

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In school, Li Zixuan learned that the first man flew into space in 1961 and later, more astronauts succeeded in traveling into space.

在学校里，李子轩得知首位宇航员在1961年飞入太空，后来，更多的宇航员成功地进入了太空。

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At the time, Fazeli touted the launch of a large animal into space as the first step towards sending a man into space, which Tehran says is scheduled for 2020.

与此同时，德黑兰说法泽利所吹捧的将大型动物发送到太空当做人类进入太空的第一步是他们2020年的计划。

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The launch on July 1st of the first passenger train services to Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, has been covered by the Chinese media with hoopla only comparable to that surrounding the country's first launch of a man into space three years ago.

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Indeed, the United States could have been the first nation to successfully launch a man into space, except that while it chose to conduct those last extra safety tests, the Soviet Union sent Yuri Gagarin into orbit and the history books.

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It is true that the Soviets won some of the early heats of the space race, including being the first to put a man into orbit.

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