Apollo 11: Soviet's envy, America's pride
China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-20 07:50
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This NASA handout photo taken on July 20, 1969 shows astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. posing beside the deployed United States flag during Apollo 11 Extravehicular Activity on the lunar surface. AFP |
MOSCOW: When Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon, it was a first for the Soviet Union - the first time the US had beaten the USSR in the space race.
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