SPACE WAR AND END OF COLD WAR

In 1969, NASA launched Apollo ________, which conducted critical tests of its lunar module in Earth orbit; and Apollo 10, which all but landed on the moon, bringing its crew within a few miles of the lunar surface.

This was the world's first ________, orbiting the Earth in 96.17 minutes and weighing 83 kg.

The Space Age began with the development of several technologies that converged with the October 4, 1957 ________ 1 by the Soviet union.

________ were made in rocketry, materials science, and other areas.

The ___ _______ was the first arms-control pact to require an actual reduction in nuclear arsenals rather than merely restricting their proliferation.

After __ years, the cold war ended.

the space race was widely believed to have been won by the __________ __________