The Soviet Union sent the first space station into space in 1971.

前苏联于1971年将首个空间站送入了太空。

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That is exactly why the U.S. wanted to do it, in order to one-up the Soviet Union, who were perceived as leading the space race at the time.

这正是为什么美国想要这样做的原因——为了领先苏联。 那时人们曾认为苏联处于太空竞争的领先地位。

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Fortunately, a few years later both America and the Soviet Union became interested in using solar power in space, where its advantages became apparent very quickly.

值得庆幸是，几年后，因为太阳能动力在太空的优势十分明显，美国和苏联同时对应用它的兴趣大增。

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But his flight gave Americans the feeling that the United States could pull ahead of the Soviet Union in the space race.

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So it died in space. A few months later, the Soviet Union put a one thousand three hundred sixty kilogram satellite into space.

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But before NASA could send an astronaut into space, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union became the first person to travel in space.

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Now, at the 2005 Joint Assembly meeting organised by the American Geophysical Union, space scientists say they are confident - and agreed - that Voyager has gone beyond the termination shock and is flirting with deep space.

BBC: Voyager impression (Nasa)

Climb to the top of the grassy hill to enjoy the lovely view of Lake Union and the Space Needle.

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In 1957, just before this college opened, the Soviet Union beat us into space by launching a satellite known as Sputnik.

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