America may have put the first man on the Moon, but the Soviet Union sent the first woman, the first Asian man, and the first black man into orbit — all years before the U.S. would follow suit https://t.co/DrTZYxvbD7— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 18, 2019 The Soviet Union never put anyone on the moon. And the Soviet Union crumbled. It no longer exists. In short, we won. We won the space