the two countries involved in the arms and the space race were the USSR (or United Soviet Socialist Republic) and the USA (united states of America). the space race and amrs race were only two facets of the geopolitical struggle between the two, called the cold war.
During the Cold War, the space race took place between the US and the USSR.
America and Russia entered into a space race as part of the Cold War that followed World War II. It was a matter of national pride for the two countries.
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The Space Race The Arms Race
The two countries were America and Russia.
the us and russia
The conjunction in the sentence is "she did not take part in the race," which joins the two independent clauses "she had flu" and "she did not take part in the race."
If you are talking about the space race that was going on in the sixties then I would have to say that it was between the soviet union and the United States.
The two countries were America and Russia.
America and Russia
USA and Russia