Future History 1968: The Space Race Heats Up

The last time tensions between Russia and the US were so high, the two countries were scrambling to make it to the moon.

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Posted on May 5, 2018, 12:12 am

The Space Race was so fervent by 1968 that Yuri Gagarin, the first man to make it to space, had become a celebrity in the USSR.

But his next challenge was to beat American Neil Armstrong to the moon — and neither the USSR nor the US were prepared.