Shepard’s Turn
Gagarin was famous because of that journey, and the Soviet Union gave him many honors. Even the Americans heard of his feat, but they weren’t happy. This meant that the Soviets were winning. Alan Shepard then went into orbit just a month later.
Shepard’s Turn
Pulling Ahead
The Soviets continued pulling ahead in various areas. For example, Valentina Tereshkova went up in 1963, and Alexei Leonov did a spacewalk for the first time a few years later. Overall, it looked like the USSR would get to the moon first, as well, but things took a sour turn.
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Pulling Ahead