The USSR launched the worlds first artificial satellite Sputnik. Sputnik broadcast a radio beacon as it orbited the earth, effectively rubbing the fact that they got there 1st into the Yanks faces.
The launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik in 1957 is often considered the event that sparked the space race between the US and Russia. This was the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth's orbit, signaling the beginning of the space age and prompting a sense of competition between the two superpowers.
There were two actually--Nikita S. Khruschev and Leonid I. Brezhnev
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 USSR (a.k.a. the Soviet Union or Russia)
The two countries were America and Russia.
The launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik in 1957 is often considered the event that sparked the space race between the US and Russia. This was the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth's orbit, signaling the beginning of the space age and prompting a sense of competition between the two superpowers.
It has not. We have barely 'scratched the surface.'
To beat Russia in the "Space Race"
Right after World War II, the United States and Russia began to have an arms race over technology after Russia launched Sputnik, a satellite, into space. It also sparked the United States to begin teaching evolution in the classroom.
There were two actually--Nikita S. Khruschev and Leonid I. Brezhnev
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 space race took place in the mid 60,s, and was the race to be the first to get to the moon, between Russia, and the United States.
Russia, USA and Germany
launched the U.S. and Russia into the space race.
The Soviet Union (USSR)
they were called the soviet union
usa and russia