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F. Kennedy gave a speech which set a specific goal for the American space 
program. This goal was for men to land on the moon before the end of the 
1960s. This goal became firmly established when John Glenn orbited the 
Earth in 1962. At this time, the space race became a race to the moon.
In contrast to the United States, the Soviet moon program was secret. 
Its target date for reaching the Moon was 1967 or 68. However, the Soviet 
program began to have problems. Early designs of the N-1, a more powerful 
rocket, failed frequently. Many exploded after launch. Then in 1966, Sergei P. 
Korolev died during a medical operation. This was a great loss, since few people 
could replace Korolev. Even so, the Soviets continued their efforts. In 1967, the 
astronaut Vladimir Komarov, testing a possible moon vehicle, died when his 
capsule crashed. Two more rockets failed that year. The biggest shock of all
came in 1968, when Yuri Gagarin, the hero of the Soviet space program, died in 
a plane crash. The Soviets began 
to abandon the idea of going to 
the moon. However, in 1968 a 
robotic probe circled the moon 
and took pictures of it. This 
would have been a bright 
moment, except that the probe 
crashed when it returned. In 
1969, two more N-1 rockets 
exploded. It became clear that 
the Soviet Union would not only 
fail to beat the United States but fail to reach the moon at all that decade. 
On July 20, 1969, the American mission Apollo 11 landed, and Neil 
Armstrong walked on the moon. The space race was over.
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558 words
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firmly --- solidly; strongly
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establish --- to set
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target date --- future date for completion
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capsule --- part of the rocket where people work
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abandon --- to give up; to leave forever
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land --- to arrive on the ground



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