Soviet space program

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The Soviet space program was the government-led initiative of the USSR that pioneered early space exploration, achieving milestones such as launching the first artificial satellite and the first human into space.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artificial satellite → chief designer → cosmonaut → cosmonaut → cosmonaut → crewed spacecraft → crewed spaceflight → crewed spaceflight → crewed spaceflight → crewed spaceflight → design bureau → geopolitical competition → government program → joint spaceflight mission → launch vehicle → launch vehicle → rocket engineer → space agency → space probe → space probe → space probe → space probe → space probe → space probe → space probe → space program → space program → space station →
alsoKnownAs	Soviet space effort → Soviet space programme → USSR space program →
carried	Alexei Leonov → Valentina Tereshkova → Yuri Gagarin →
cooperatedWith	NASA →
cooperationEvent	Apollo–Soyuz Test Project →
country	Russia → Soviet Union → Soviet Union → Soviet Union → Soviet Union → Soviet Union → Soviet Union → Soviet Union → Soviet Union → United States →
date	1975 →
developed	Soyuz rocket → Soyuz spacecraft →
endTime	early 1990s →
followedBy	Russian space program →
keyOrganization	OKB-1 →
keyPerson	Sergei Korolev →
launchDate	1957-10-04 → 1961-04-12 → 1971 →
launched	Luna 1 → Luna 2 → Luna 3 → Luna 9 → Mars 3 → Salyut 1 → Venera 7 → Venera 9 → Voskhod 1 → Voskhod 2 → Vostok 1 → Vostok 6 →
managedBy	Soviet Academy of Sciences → Soviet government → Soviet military →
notableAchievement	first artificial Earth satellite → first human in space → first images of the Moon’s far side → first long-duration spaceflight → first multi-person spacecraft → first soft landing on another planet → first space station → first spacecraft to land on the Moon → first spacecraft to reach the Moon → first spacewalk → first woman in space →
notableFor	first human in space → first images from surface of Venus → first images of Moon’s far side → first multi-person spacecraft → first soft landing on Mars → first soft landing on Moon → first soft landing on Venus → first space station → first spacecraft to impact Moon → first spacecraft to reach vicinity of Moon → first spacewalk → first spacewalk → first woman in space →
notableWork	R-7 rocket → Sputnik 1 → Vostok spacecraft →
participant	Soviet Union → United States →
participatedIn	Space Race →
primaryRival	NASA →
significantEvent	launch of Sputnik 1 →
startTime	1950s →
usedRocket	R-7 rocket →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project → Luna 1 → Luna 10 → Luna 2 → Luna program launch vehicles → Mir program → Soyuz spacecraft → Vostok 1 → Vostok-K rocket →	operator
Progress spacecraft → Soviet government → Voskhod spacecraft →	spaceAgency
Soviet space program ("Soviet space programme") → Soviet space program ("USSR space program") →	alsoKnownAs
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky → Peenemünde Army Research Center ("Soviet rocket program") →	influenced
Sputnik 1 ("Sputnik program") → Sputnik 2 ("Sputnik program") →	program
Oleg Baklanov →	areaOfInfluence
Chief Constructor →	associatedWith
Yuri Gagarin Monument in Moscow →	associatedWithProgram
Thomas Stafford →	cooperatedWith
Soyuz rocket →	developedBy
Sergei Korolev →	employer
Klushino, Smolensk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union →	hasHistoricalContext
Mir program →	parentOrganization
Baikonur Cosmodrome →	partOf
Baikonur Cosmodrome ("Soviet space agency") →	primaryUser
OKB-1 →	roleIn
Soyuz rocket →	usedBy
RTG →	usedByOrganization