>>4203198>russia’s space program was such a pathetic failureFirst ICBM, first satellite, first animal in space, first man in space, first solar satellite, first spacecraft to reach the Moon, first mission to photograph the dark side of the Moon, first 3-axis stabilized spacecraft, first on-board film development and conversion to radio signals, first animals returned alive from space, first human spaceflight mission, first planetary flyby, first crewed mission lasting a full day, first civilian in space, first Mars flyby, first space walk, first soft landing on the Moon, first hard landing on another planet (Venus), first life forms to circle the moon and return safely, first crew exchange in space, first robotic automatic sample return from the Moon, first lunar rover, first human-crewed space station, first consistently inhabited long-term research space station. Meanwhile all America has to offer is some fake samples allegedly from the Moon and some fake footage also allegedly from the Moon. Armstrong's "Moon landing" happened at a movie set directed by Stanley Kubrick. The real Moon samples were brought by Luna 16.
