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Bookmark or Share- The Space Race: Timeline, Cold War & Facts | HISTORYThe 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.
- What Was the Space Race? - National Air and Space MuseumThe 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.
- Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69 | BritannicaThis 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.
- Space Race - WikipediaThe Space Race (Russian: Космическая гонка [kɐsˈmʲitɕɪskəjə ˈɡonkə]) was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability.
- Space race timeline - Royal Museums GreenwichThe space race between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) was a remarkable time in history with many far-reaching achievements in science, space exploration, and technology. This timeline shows the twenty-year competition between the two nations.
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