The space race was started by the USSR on October 4, 1957 with the launch of Sputnik 1.
the space race started when the soviet union union launched Sputnik into space.
because space was and is the next frontier
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The 'space race'
The United States competed with the Soviet Union in the space race during the Cold War.
The United States has accomplished the most in space exploration.
The space race is important because it shows the competitive nature between humans. it is a race between Russia and america to reach (get a man on) the moon. the race was stared when russia launched a satellite called sputnik in 1957, the americans thought this could destroy them (by launching missiles from space) and the race for space started.
The Russians started the Space Race by launching Sputnik the first satellite, which then provoked fear in the Americans to begin development of their own satellites.
The United States of America was first in the "Space Race" which was a race to see which country would be first to land on the moon.
The U.S. and the Soviet Union, or the USSR.
The United States was in a space race with the Soviet Union to be the first country to land humans on the moon. This competition was known as the Space Race and it took place during the Cold War in the 1960s.