The atomic mass is the a) number of protons plus the number of neutrons b) number of protons plus the number of electrons c) number of neutrons d) number of protons

A, the number of protons and neutrons.

The soviet union beat the us to the first successful launch, with the october 4, 1957, orbiting of sputnik 1, and later beat the us to have the first human in earth orbit, yuri gagarin, on april 12, 1961. the "race" peaked with the july 20, 1969, us landing of the first humans on the moon with apollo 11