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Feb 22, 2010 · The Space Race refers to the period of competition over space exploration between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War.
Mar 20, 2020 · A transcript of a 1962 meeting at the White House reveals that politics, more than science, may have fueled the American space race with the Soviets.
- Robert Longley
The United States had won the Space Race, a competition more significant than any earthly battle. While Cold War tensions were in no way reduced, American citizens regained confidence that they belonged to the “superior” nation.
Aug 23, 2023 · The Space Race became a symbol of the broad ideological and political contest between two rival world powers. In the Soviet Union, all space programs were integrated into a secretive military-industrial bureaucracy. Launches were not announced in advance, and only the successes were publicized.
Mar 6, 2023 · An important element of the Cold War was the Space Race, in which both countries raced to build new technologies to be used for space exploration—with President John F. Kennedy eventually setting his sights on the Moon.
May 14, 2023 · The space race was a bitter competition that took place in the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
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May 1, 2016 · Space Exploration, particularly human spaceflight, has heretofore been inextricably intertwined with politics. Political/ideological competition between the United States and the Soviet Union fueled the race to put a human into space, in order to score Cold War victories by demonstrating technological superiority.
