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The Great Space Race happened in 1984.

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Where did the space race happen?

The space race primarily took place between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Both countries competed to achieve significant milestones in space exploration, such as launching the first artificial satellite and landing astronauts on the moon.


The competition between the US and the USSR to put a man on the moon was called the?

the space race


Why was the space program called the space race?

Because it was a "race" between the USSR and the US to reach space milestones first.


What best describe the motivation fo the space race?

The main motivation for the space race was political competition and national pride between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Both countries sought to demonstrate their technological and military prowess to the world by achieving significant milestones in space exploration.


What was the challenge in the space race?

The space race, was the great struggle to get people into space, and the ultimate goal was getting a man on the moon. The space race was predominatly "fought" between Soviet Russia and the Cosponauts, and the United States with their Astronuats. Science, aerospace technology and rocket science research and experimentation was being heavily advanced and each country was trying to be the first into space. Eventually the United States won the space race with their aerospace science team (NASA) and the first people to set foot on the moon were U.S. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.