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Who was the leader of the US during the space race?
During the space race, the leader of the United States was President John F. Kennedy. He set the goal of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth before the end of the 1960s.
What are the nicknames of the Cold War?
the Russian American space race.
What kicked off the race for space?
Russian launch of Sputnik
Which country was the first to produce rockets during the space race?
The first rockets that carried man into space were made by the Russian's in 1961. The USA didn't get a man into space until 1964 but beat the Russians to the moon in 1969.
What was the cause of the race of the first man to land on the mood?
As the Russian lead the space race with Yuri Gagarin, and the n with Kennedy's challenge the race was well and truly on.
What was the outcome or result of the space race?
The space race was between the America's and the Russian's. Each side sent up many missions but nearly all of them failed. The Russian's were first into space but in 1969 the America's landed the first two men on the moon and therefore winning the space race.
How did the U-2 incident and sputnik impact U.S. and Russian relationship?
They caused a Space Race.
What ignited the the space race between the United stars and the Soviet Union?
The Russian launch of Sputnik
What was the most important achievement year and name of the mission of the US during the space race?
Apollo 11 was the pinnacle of the space race, when on 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to ever set foot on another heavenly body. Embarrassingly, the Russian unmanned lunar lander crashed into the moon during the mission.
Did a Russian land on the moon?
No. To date, there have been no manned Russian lunar landings. The "space race" was a highly competitive race between the USA and the Soviet Union to land a man on the moon, but the Russian venture was beset with too many disasters, and never succeeded.
Who was Russia's president during the space race?
There were two actually--Nikita S. Khruschev and Leonid I. Brezhnev
Which country did the US compete with in a space race?
The United States competed with the Soviet Union in the space race during the Cold War.
