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THIS MONTH 59 years ago, the Soviet Union became the first nation on Earth to send a man into outer space.
At the time, the US was also scrambling to be the first country to accomplish such a mission but it didn’t send the first American into space until one month later.
Since then hundreds of men and women have journeyed into outer space and astronauts, still to this day, continue to explore what the mystery of the universe.
So let’s test your knowledge of outer space.
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A lovely tribute if he was immortalized in writing.
No doubt a memorial to all those who lost their lives will be forthcoming also.
Lest we forget.
Nice touch
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