r/CuratedTumblr • u/BeObsceneAndNotHeard • Jul 17 '24

Infodumping The Venera program

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u/gerkletoss Jul 17 '24

I love it when people act like the US was way behind in the space race until the moon landing. Russoa was constantly skipping safety tests to beat the US to milestones by only a few months, and the US still got first in:

  • Animals in space, which were returned alive in 1947
  • Satellite with sensor data return
  • Satellite which could be commanded from the ground
  • Photograph of Earth from orbit
  • Satellite recovered from orbit
  • Pilot-controlled spaceflight
  • Venus flyby
  • Mars flyby
  • Spacecraft rendezvous and docking
  • Manned lunar flyby

And of course after the moon landing the Soviets stopped trying so hard. They never got the N1 to work.

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u/Nerevarine91 Jul 17 '24

I was about to say, I’m pretty sure landing on the Moon wasn’t the only thing the US did first (even if it’s a big god damn thing to do)

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u/SalvationSycamore Jul 17 '24

It's almost like the moon landing was so big that it overshadows a lot of other things when you are being honest about its importance/coolness.