When, however, the Americans won the competition with the `;giant step for mankind'; in 1969, the peaceful application of space exploration took second place to the development of spy satellites and military innovations.(BNCI)
In the U.S.A., a new rocket for space exploration, called `;Little Joe'; was launched in May 1964, and it became the first in a series under the name of `;Apollo';. (BNCI)
The Soviet Union and China, Gorbachev observed, had the same priority --; to accelerate social and economic development; and he suggested specific forms of cooperation in cross-border trade, railways and space exploration. (BNCI)