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Sep 2024
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312. The Space Race (English Vocabulary ...

Thomas Wilkinson
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SEND7 Podcast - https://www.send7.org/ Beginning in the late 1950s, the USA and USSR began an intense competition to reach outer space. The Space Race, as it became known, led to technological achievements and milestones in human history. Today, let’s discuss the space race, the first humans in space and on the moon, the new space race that is developing r ... Show More
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