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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SPUTNIK First launch in the space race (7) USA Today Jul 24, 2017
4% ABORT Cancel, as a space launch (5) New York Times Dec 16, 2025
4% ROCKETS Vehicles launched into space (7)
3% NOGO Canceled, as a launch (4) Newsday Dec 25, 2025
3% USSR Space race initials (4) LA Times Daily Dec 21, 2025
3% ELLEN Astronaut Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space (5) New York Times Dec 14, 2025
3% START Launch (5) New York Times Dec 9, 2025
3% TORE Raced (4) New York Times Dec 5, 2025
3% YURI Space race cosmonaut Gagarin (4) New York Times Nov 19, 2025
3% NASA Launch party (4) Newsday Nov 15, 2025

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