Sputnik 1
Lance Armstrong landed on the moon and we won the space race.
the space race started when the soviet union union launched Sputnik into space.
a major event in the cold war was the space race
The Space Race officially began with the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 on October 4th, 1957. The Sputnik 1 was the first Earth Orbiting Artificial Satellite to be launched which caused great shock to the United States. The United States believed themselves to be the leader in Space Technology and were therefore surprised by the launch of the Sputnik Program except for the CIA and President Eisenhower, who were aware of this thanks to spy plane imagery. I can not find when the Space Race ended
The space race was when the us and the ussr tried to get the newest equipment into space. It happened between 1957 and 1975.
The space race began in 1957 when the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. This event marked the start of a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve milestones in space exploration and technology.
The race to space began in earnest in 1957 with the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik. This event marked the start of the space age and initiated a period of competition and innovation in space exploration between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The space race officially began in 1957 when the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into space. This event marked the start of a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve significant milestones in space exploration.
The launch of Sputnik by USSR
The successful launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik was the event that set off the space race during the Cold War era. The US did not want to fall behind the Soviet Union.
The Sydney to Hobart Yaght race.
In 1957 the Russian's launched a satellite. This began the "race" and when JFK came to office he set a goal to be the first to land on the moon. Various animals were sent into space by both countries and John Glenn was the first man to go into space around the world. He came down in a small capsule in the ocean where a Navy ship picked him up after his splashdown. Finally in 1969 the United States put the first man on the moon.
That was the year the space race to get an American to the moon began
The space race began in 1957 with the launch of Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union and ended in 1975 with the joint Apollo-Soyuz Test Project between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Launching of Sputnik
The space shuttle program began in 1969. It was started in the race that contributed to the rocket race to the moon and a tactic to claim superiority to the USSR.
The launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 in 1957 marked the beginning of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. This event alarmed the United States and led to increased efforts to catch up in space technology and exploration.