Cancelled Soviet Moon Mission

In the 1960’s, the Soviet Union and the USA competed about being first to do things in space. The USA were first topit a man on the Moon. The Soviet Union were also working on the same object, but finally cancelled the project when the Americans got there first.

The cosmonaut that could have been the first man on the Moon, Alexei Leonov, has now passed away. It is sad that he never reached the Moon. It would have been nice, had some more than Americans walked on the Moon. The space programme was one thing the Soviet Union could be admired for.