The Soviet Union created ten firsts in the history of human aviation. The Soviet Union is stronger than you think.

The Soviet Union was a superpower leading half the world in the last century, and the Soviets achieved many exciting firsts. This article will introduce ten firsts of the Soviet Union in the space field, some of which are.

"Moon 1" was launched on 1.959 1.2, and it was the first spacecraft to reach the moon successfully. The 360-kilogram spacecraft carries various metal symbols, including the national emblem of the Soviet Union, and plans to crash and land on the moon to show the scientific strength of the Soviet Union. However, the spacecraft did not hit the moon, but passed 6000 kilometers from the surface of the moon. But in any case, this is the first time that human beings have approached the moon, a satellite that has been orbiting the earth for nearly 4 billion years.

1 961February 12, the Soviet space probe "Venus1"was launched and landed on Venus. This is the second time that the Soviet Union tried to send a probe to Venus. Unfortunately, it is only one step away from success.

When the probe was about 2 million kilometers away from Venus, it lost contact with the Earth. Until now, the spacecraft is still drifting at a distance of 654.38+ 10,000 kilometers from Venus. But in any case, this is the first time that humans have approached other planets (the moon is a satellite), and soon after, Soviet probes also landed on Venus, which will be mentioned below.

Lunar 3 was launched on 1959 101October 4, which is the third spacecraft successfully launched to the moon. Unlike the previous two lunar probes, Lunar 3 carried a camera to photograph the back of the moon, which was never photographed at that time.

When the probe approached the earth, it received 17 low-resolution photos after flying around the moon. Nevertheless, scientists are still excited about the findings in the control film. Unlike the moon, which is flat near the ground, the far ground of the moon is mountainous and has few dark areas.

On August 1970, Venus 7 was launched and headed for Venus. After reaching the surface of Venus, the probe set a record for the first successful landing on other planets.

"Mars 2" and "Mars 3" are twin spacecraft, which were launched in May of 197 1 year respectively, orbiting Mars and drawing the surface map of Mars. In addition, both spacecraft carry landers. The Soviets wanted these landers to be the first man-made objects on the surface of Mars. Facts have proved that the Soviet Union did it, transporting the first batch of man-made objects to the surface of Mars.

The Soviet probe "Moon 16" landed on the moon, and in the ascending stage, a drilling rig was deployed to collect lunar soil and deposit it, and then it was launched and returned to the earth. Although the previous Apollo program brought back a lot of moon rocks, this Soviet moon landing program was the first time that humans brought moon soil back to Earth with robots.

Voskhod 1 released on 1964 10 year 10 month 12. This is the first spaceship that can carry three people into space. This task sounds impressive to Americans, because at that time, Americans had not even carried two people on a spaceship.

1980 September 18, Soyuz 38 was launched to pay tribute to Space Station 6. It carried Soviet astronauts and Cuban Air Force pilot Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez into space. Mendes was the first African descendant to go into space.

Although this first doesn't sound very powerful, it was the greatest place in the Soviet Union at that time. At that time, on the snowfield in the northeast of China; In cities in western Europe; In the rainforests of Latin America; On the grasslands of Africa. Comrades from different countries, nationalities and languages shake hands with each other and strive for the same goal. It was this idea that led the Soviet Union to send a black Cuban into space, because we were all comrades-in-arms, shared the same world outlook and fought for an ideal.

And a little knowledge. In order to prove that the United States is a country with national temperament, American black Jean Stuart Bruford Jr. was sent into space by the space shuttle Challenger as 1983. Ironically, by 202 1, the United States was still solving the problem of racial discrimination.

The world's first artificial earth satellite, artificial earth satellite 1, was launched on June 4, 1957.

It was launched by a three-stage launch vehicle at the Baikonur launch site. A few minutes after takeoff, the satellite ejected from the third stage rocket and reached the first cosmic speed (7.9 km/s). Into orbit around the earth. After 92 days in the sky, the satellite circled the earth about 1400 times, with a journey of 60 million kilometers, and fell on1958 65438+1October 4. In order to commemorate the great moment when mankind entered space, the Soviet Union built a monument on Lenin Mountain in Moscow, and a replica of this artificial celestial body was placed at the top of the monument.

1 96 1 April 12, at 9: 07 am Moscow time, Gagarin set sail from the Baikonur launch site on the Oriental Spacecraft1and circled the earth in an orbit with the highest altitude of 30 1 km, which lasted1hour 48. The Oriental 1 spacecraft he piloted became the first manned spacecraft in the world. During his 108 minute flight, Gagarin was promoted from captain to major.