Labels:text | screenshot OCR: SPACE EXPLORATION QUEST 3 OVERVIEW SOVIET UNION LAUNCHES RACE QUEST UNITED STATES IN PURSUIT LUNAR LANDINGS SHUTTLE MISSIONS 3: ASTRONAUT IN ORBIT In April 1961 the Soviet Union sent Vostok 1, the first manned craft, into orbit. The feat made the 27-year-old astronaut, Yuri Gagarin, a world celebrity and a Soviet hero. In June 1963 Vostok 6 carried the first woman into space, the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova. CHRONOLOGY NEWSFLASH ...
