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==The Moon Landing==
In 1963 the Russians landed the Soyuz III Lunar Module landed on the Moon, and Yuri Gagarin became the first man on the moon.

==A Base On Mars==

The Russians did not develop their Moon programme, choosing instead to shoot for Mars. They established the small Mars Colony Voskhod, where the Treaty of Voskhod was signed in 2006.

==Detente and Terraforming==

==Extrasolar travel==
Extra solar travel is accomplished at faster than light (FTL) speeds by wormholes

*[[Migration Crises]] of the 2120s
*In 2127 the [[UISA]] sent an [[Ark Ship]] to '''New Iowa''' in the [[Griffin]] system.
*In 2129, after the death of King William IV, a particularly young George VII ascended to the throne. 
*In 2132 the new reformed British Empire begin construction of two gigantic Ark Ships, the Boadicea and the Arthur
*In 2134 the Arthur is launched to [[Hydra]], the Boadicea to [[Griffin]].
*In 2142 George VII dies and Victoria II ascends to the throne at the age of 21.
*in 2144 the [[USSR]] sent the first armed FTL ship, the [[Alexander Nevsky]], to the [[Chimera]] System to claim the planet that would become known as [[New Ukraine]].
*In 2147 the [[UISA]] sent the then-largest FTL ship, the USSS Essex, to colonise '''New Iowa'''.
*In 2149 the Germans sent a small FTL ship to '''New Iowa''' in the [[Griffin]] system.
*In 2151 the [[Alexander Nevsky]] saw off the German colony ship ''Seevogel''.  The ''Seevogel'' limped to the second habitable planet in the system, which was to become '''New Rhineland'''.
*In 2151, the [[Battle of New Ukraine]] cemented the status quo in the [[Chimera]] system.
*In 2152 the [[USSR]] won the [[Battle of New Ukraine]].
*In 2227 Victoria II dies, succeeded by George VIII.