The man responsible for devising the modern scientific classification system still in use today is .
a. carolus linnaeusb. sir harry johnstonc. albert einsteind. william s. pinkston jr.

The man responsible for developing the modern scientific classification system, that scientists still use and follow today is Carolus Linnaeus.

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