The Soviets had much more thrust power;they launched the first inhabited capsule with a dog in it,and then in 1961 made Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin the first human to orbit the earth.

• 苏联一路高歌猛进：他们发射了第一艘载人飞船，当时其中搭载的是一只狗，接着于1961年让尤里·加加林成为首位进入地球轨道的宇航员。