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The Federation Aeronautique Internationale states that a man or woman (1) ………………………. becomes an astronaut upon reaching an (2) …………………. of over 100 miles. As of March 30, 2006, 443 people have crossed this imaginary line. Efforts to learn more about space are widespread. Since the astronaut Yuri Gagarin made his (3) ………………………. exit out of our atmosphere, the  men and women from 35 countries have joined his notoriety. During the race to space in the early 1960s, The United States began Project Apollo, a campaign (4) ………………….. to compete with the efforts of Russian scientists and future (5) …………………….. With (6) ……………………… going into the Apollo spacecraft, Saturn Launch Vehicle, and details like mission-specific astronaut suits, the U.S. was finally successful when the Apollo astronauts reached the moon and safely (7) ……………………. in July of 1969.

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