The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Space Program 📉 First to Space, Then... #shorts

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]The Soviets reached space first and out-launched the entire world. Then it all fell apart.

[00:00:06]>> [music] >> In 1957, they launched Sputnik, the first satellite. Then Gagarin, the first human in space. They were winning.

[00:00:17]They lost the moon race and their giant N-1 rocket exploded four times, but they still out-launched everyone on Earth.

[00:00:26]In 1982, they launched 101 rockets in 1 year, five times more than America.

[00:00:35]Then in 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed. The money and the empire were gone.

[00:00:44]Russia's launches crashed to under 20 a year. First to space, now behind both America and China.

[00:00:53]They were first to space and out-launched everyone. So, who really won the space race? Tell me below.