#176: The Space Race - Part One | The Early Years

English Learning for Curious Minds

English - July 15, 2021 22:00 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 58 ratings
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After the end of the Second World War, the US and the USSR were locked in a race to get to space first.

Discover how the race started, who scored all the early points, and why going to the moon first was the biggest prize in space history.

End of World War II & Nazi V2 rocketsThe head of the USA space programme: Wernher von BraunThe head of the USSR space programme: Sergei KorolevThe early years of The Space RaceWhy there was such a desire to get to spaceCommunism vs. CapitalismThe first Sputnik SatelliteConfusing The AmericansFirst animals into spaceYuri Gagarin: The first man in space1962: A bold claim from President John F. KennedyNext step "the moon"The alternative "man on the moon" plans

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/space-race-1

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