The figures include both expenditure on space programs and support costs.
Release date is the date of access. The original document was published in February 1968.
The 1960s were an active decade in space exploration, dominated entirely by the space race between the U.S. and the USSR. During this decade, the Soviets spent more than ** billion U.S. dollars on their space missions, 1969 being the year with the highest space expenditure at *** billion U.S. dollars.
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CIA. (November 7, 2022). Expenditure on civil and military space programs in the USSR from 1963 to 1972 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½app×îа汾. Retrieved August 13, 2026, from /statistics/1343294/expenditure-space-programs-soviet-union/
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