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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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Soviet space program canonical	102
Soviet space agency	4
Sputnik program	3
Soviet Space Program	2
Soviet space industry	2
Soviet crewed space program	1
Soviet crewed spaceflight program	1
Soviet lunar program	1
Soviet rocket program	1
Soviet space authorities	1
Soviet space engineering leadership	1
Soviet space programme	1
USSR space program	1
cosmonaut corps of the Soviet Union	1

Statements (105)

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 program ⓘ surface form: Soviet space programme Soviet space program ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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 spacecraft ⓘ surface form: Voskhod 1 Voskhod spacecraft ⓘ surface form: Voskhod 2 Vostok 1 ⓘ Vostok 6 ⓘ
managedBy	Soviet Academy of Sciences ⓘ Soviet government ⓘ Soviet armed forces ⓘ surface form: 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 Semyorka rocket ⓘ surface form: R-7 rocket Sputnik 1 ⓘ Vostok spacecraft ⓘ
participant	Soviet Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
participatedIn	Space Race ⓘ
primaryRival	NASA ⓘ
significantEvent	launch of Sputnik 1 ⓘ
startTime	1950s ⓘ
usedRocket	R-7 Semyorka rocket ⓘ surface form: R-7 rocket

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Sergei Korolev → employer → Soviet space program ⓘ

Soviet government → spaceAgency → Soviet space program ⓘ

Luna 1 → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

Luna 2 → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

Luna 10 → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

Klushino, Smolensk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union → hasHistoricalContext → Soviet space program ⓘ

Baikonur Cosmodrome → partOf → Soviet space program ⓘ

Baikonur Cosmodrome → primaryUser → Soviet space program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet space agency

Yuri Gagarin Monument in Moscow → associatedWithProgram → Soviet space program ⓘ

Vostok-K rocket → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

Vostok 1 → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

Apollo–Soyuz Test Project → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

RTG → usedByOrganization → Soviet space program ⓘ

Soviet space program → alsoKnownAs → Soviet space program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet space programme

Soviet space program → alsoKnownAs → Soviet space program ⓘ

this entity surface form: USSR space program

OKB-1 → roleIn → Soviet space program ⓘ

Luna program launch vehicles → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

Chief Constructor → associatedWith → Soviet space program ⓘ

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky → influenced → Soviet space program ⓘ

Voskhod spacecraft → spaceAgency → Soviet space program ⓘ

Oleg Baklanov → areaOfInfluence → Soviet space program ⓘ

Peenemünde Army Research Center → influenced → Soviet space program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet rocket program

Progress spacecraft → spaceAgency → Soviet space program ⓘ

Mir program → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

Mir program → parentOrganization → Soviet space program ⓘ

Thomas Stafford → cooperatedWith → Soviet space program ⓘ

Soyuz spacecraft → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

Sputnik 1 → program → Soviet space program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sputnik program

Sputnik 2 → program → Soviet space program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sputnik program

Soyuz rocket → developedBy → Soviet space program ⓘ

Soyuz rocket → usedBy → Soviet space program ⓘ

Mir space station → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

Venera missions → operatedBy → Soviet space program ⓘ

For All Mankind → depictsOrganization → Soviet space program ⓘ

Mir → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

Mir → spaceAgency → Soviet space program ⓘ

Mechta → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

Molniya-M rocket → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

subject surface form: Molniya-M

this entity surface form: Soviet Space Program

Luna 3 → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

Luna programme → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet space agency

Luna programme → partOf → Soviet space program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet lunar program

Dream → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

Soviet Academy of Sciences → participatedIn → Soviet space program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sputnik program

Luna 9 → spaceAgency → Soviet space program ⓘ

Luna 11 → spaceAgency → Soviet space program ⓘ

Luna 11 → operator → Soviet space program ⓘ

Alexei Leonov → employer → Soviet space program ⓘ

Sergei K. Krikalev → employer → Soviet space program ⓘ