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- DictionarySpace race/ˈspās ˌrās/
noun
- 1. the competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration.
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May 14, 2023 · Origins. First man in space. Accidents. Apollo program. End of the space race. Modern space race. Additional resources. Timeline. The space race was a series of competitive technology...
Aug 23, 2023 · The Space Race became a race to the Moon. Both countries made announcements to launch the first artificial satellite into space, but it was the Soviet Union that brought humanity into the Space Age with their Sputnik satellite, which was successfully launched on October 4, 1957.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Patrick O'Neill Riley. This infographic presents a timeline of space-related achievements by the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. between 1957 and 1969. A description of the timeline is below. On October 4, 1957, the U.S.S.R. launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite.
Overview. The “space race” was a Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop aerospace capabilities, including artificial satellites, unmanned space probes, and human spaceflight.
The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union is usually considered to have lasted nearly 12 years. It began with the launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. The end was the landing of America’s Apollo 11 spacecraft on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Apr 12, 2022 · SCIENCE. REFERENCE. How the space race launched an era of exploration beyond Earth. Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union fueled a technological sprint to...
From the beginning, the Space Race was an extension of this ideological battle between the two nations. Space became the final frontier for the United States and Soviet Union to compete to prove their status as sole superpower. Timeline. Sputnik 1: October 4, 1957 — The Soviet Union’s first spacecraft launch changed the world overnight ...
