Soviet space program
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artificial satellite
chief designer
cosmonaut
crewed spacecraft
crewed spaceflight
design bureau
geopolitical competition
government program
joint spaceflight mission
launch vehicle
rocket engineer
space agency
space probe
space program
space station
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.
Aliases (30)
- OKB-1 ×4
- Sergei Korolev ×4
- Salyut 1 ×3
- Space Race ×3
- Sputnik 1 ×3
- Voskhod 2 ×3
- Vostok 1 ×3
- Yuri Gagarin ×3
- Alexei Leonov ×2
- Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ×2
- Luna 1 ×2
- Luna 2 ×2
- Luna 3 ×2
- Luna 9 ×2
- Mars 3 ×2
- NASA ×2
- R-7 rocket ×2
- Russian space program ×2
- Soyuz rocket ×2
- Soyuz spacecraft ×2
- Sputnik program ×2
- Valentina Tereshkova ×2
- Venera 7 ×2
- Venera 9 ×2
- Voskhod 1 ×2
- Vostok 6 ×2
- Soviet rocket program ×1
- Soviet space agency ×1
- Soviet space programme ×1
- USSR space program ×1
Statements (105)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial satellite
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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
→
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| developed |
Soyuz rocket
→
Soyuz spacecraft → |
| endTime |
early 1990s
→
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| 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
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|
| primaryRival |
NASA
→
|
| significantEvent |
launch of Sputnik 1
→
|
| startTime |
1950s
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| usedRocket |
R-7 rocket
→
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