In seed plants the sperm make it to the egg via

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The sperm (male nucleus) goes through the pollen tube via micropyle
to fuse with the female nucleus.

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