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How was the Soviet orbital flight in 1961 related to the Apollo program?
It inspired the United States to establish the Apollo program.
It was the premier mission of the Apollo program.
It was inspired by the triumphs of the Apollo program.
It used technology that had been developed by the Apollo program.

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It inspired the United States to establish the Apollo program.

Yuri Gagarin’s 1961 Vostok 1 flight demonstrated a Soviet lead in human spaceflight and helped prompt President Kennedy’s May 1961 announcement to commit the U.S. to landing a man on the Moon, which accelerated and shaped the Apollo program. The other options are incorrect.