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The race to space is on. Astronauts and visitors depicted in space tourism.

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SpaceX success shows the new space race is on

IN 1957 the then Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world’s first communication satellite, firing the starting shot for the first space race. Over the following decades the USSR and the USA were involved in a competition, with each side trying to out

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