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Video | Space race elevates Asia in new world order

Today’s space race is increasingly being defined by cooperation rather than competition and Asian nations are important players

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Space race elevates Asia in new world order

Space race elevates Asia in new world order

In 1969, the United States landed the first human on the moon, beating the former Soviet Union in the Cold War-era space race.

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Today, there are 77 space agencies around the world. Of the four nations which have reached the moon, three are in Asia – Japan, China and India.

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