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We Begin On Earth
The first time a human left earth to travel into space was Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in 1961. About a month later, America achieved the same feat. In the following decade, in 1975, the U.S and the Soviet Union made their first joint effort in space travel.
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Since the early ‘90s, Russia and America have collaborated on a number of projects, including the International Space Station, and we’ve got the pictures to prove it.