1. The definition of evolution is a. The process of change over time in populations
b. The process of change over time in individual organisms
C. The process in which organisms share habitats
d. The process in which organisms reproduce

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