I've always had it in my head that news was suppressed, but I don't have any basis for this assumption. Was the news clearly available? Were facts changed/withheld?
Thanks!
Another question: did the Soviets believe that they "won" the space race in general? Did the Soviets and the Americans have the same understanding of a "space race"?
Yet another question: How were Soviet space acheivements (first ship, dog and human in space) portrayed in the United States?