1Venus is:
ACloser to the sun than Earth incorrect answer
BFurther away from the sun than Earth incorrect answer
CMuch larger than Earth incorrect answer
DMuch smaller than Earth incorrect answer
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The soviet union beat the us to the first successful launch, with the october 4, 1957, orbiting of sputnik 1, and later beat the us to have the first human in earth orbit, yuri gagarin, on april 12, 1961. the "race" peaked with the july 20, 1969, us landing of the first humans on the moon with apollo 11