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The space race was between the America's and the Russian's. Each side sent up many missions but nearly all of them failed. The Russian's were first into space but in 1969 the America's landed the first two men on the moon and therefore winning the space race.
When Russia sent his fist manned mission into space, that marked the beginning of the space race between US and Russia.
The first rockets that carried man into space were made by the Russian's in 1961. The USA didn't get a man into space until 1964 but beat the Russians to the moon in 1969.
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As the Russian lead the space race with Yuri Gagarin, and the n with Kennedy's challenge the race was well and truly on.
They caused a Space Race.
The Russian launch of Sputnik
Apollo 11 was the pinnacle of the space race, when on 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to ever set foot on another heavenly body. Embarrassingly, the Russian unmanned lunar lander crashed into the moon during the mission.
During the Cold War, the space race took place between the US and the USSR.