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Jeffrey Bushaw
Mrs. Voss
English IV Pd.6
January 25th, 2021
The Moon Landing
On July 20th, 1969, the United States Apollo 11 mission was the first crewed expedition
to get to, and land on the moon. Neil Armstrong, along with fellow crewmate Buzz Aldrin
explored the surface of the moon for 2 hours, gathering data on their surroundings and
even planting the American flag on the surface. In doing this they became the first
humans to ever step foot on the moon. Sparking the future of space exploration for the
next 50+ years, and beyond.
When America took a massive lead in the aforementioned “Space Race”, which in 1969
was the name of the competition the United States and the Soviet Union were having to
see who could get to the moon first, it gave America a huge boost of confidence.But in
doing this the US only caused the Soviets to work on future projects and motivated
them to be quicker than us to the next great accomplishment, which they were
succeeded in doing.
On April 18th, 1971 the Soviet Union launched Salyut 1, the first space station ever
created. This vessel was operated by a crew of three. Salyut 1 was mainly built just to
see how a space station would be run, and while it only lasted in orbit for 145 days, it
was only the beginning for the Soviets. Between the years of 1973 and 1981 they

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launched Salyut 2-6, which although minor, were only leading up to their best space
station to date. On April 19th, 1982, the Soviet Union launched Salyut 7. During