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Space programs mark different paths since Gagarin launch
The era of space exploration contrasts American shuttle emphasis with Soviet long duration stations. Since Yuri Gagarin's 1961 flight, the United States advanced shuttle plans and lunar landings while the USSR expanded Salyut stations, crews, and robotic missions. Salyut 6 hosts Kovalyonok and Savinykh signaling ongoing Soviet space station activity and renewed three manned capability.
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Cape Canaveral
Redstone
United States
Soviet Union
Yuri A. Gagarin
Earth
U.S
America
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Charles S. Sheldon 2d
Congress
Yuri Zaitsev
Institute of Space Research
Moscow
Progress
Salyut 6
Col
Vladimir V. Kovalyonok
Air Force
Viktor P. Savinykh