It is the US who won the Space Race because they had Neil Armstrong being the first man on the moon. The USSR did, however, achieve a number of significant firsts such as the first man and woman in space, first manned and unmanned orbit of the earth, first spacewalk (although a crude one), first satellite, and first object to go into solar orbit (although this was an error - it was intended for the moon.)
After World War II, the US and USSR were competing superpowers. They represented the opposing philosophies of free enterprise and communism. Both sides wanted to demonstrate the superior ability of their system of government, and both used German rocket scientists and captured V-2 rockets to advance their military weapons systems. Space, especially Earth orbit, offered the potential for new weapons and methods of observing military activities. Thus began the Space Race. Both sides developed ICBMs (suborbital missiles) and eventually satellites, beginning with Sputnik in 1957 and Explorer in 1958.
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The USSR (Soviet Union) launched the first successful artificial satellite in October, 1957 (Sputnik I). The first US success was in January, 1958 (Explorer I).
The space race was part of the cold war with the soviet union.
The Soviet Union
Sputnik 1, the first man-made satellite launched successfully into orbit, was sent into space by the Soviet Union in 1957. During this year, Dwight D. Eisenhower was In the middle of his two-term Presidency, and Nikita Khrushchev was in his 5th year of Premiership of the Soviet Union.
the space race started when the soviet union union launched Sputnik into space.
This reform was a reaction to the space program of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union
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 Soviet Union
The space race was part of the cold war with the soviet union.
That was during the Cold War and we were competing with the Soviet Union to see who could get into space fastest. People were worried that countries would build military bases in space or on the moon, so they were trying to beat the other country there.
The Soviet Union
Sputnik 1, the first man-made satellite launched successfully into orbit, was sent into space by the Soviet Union in 1957. During this year, Dwight D. Eisenhower was In the middle of his two-term Presidency, and Nikita Khrushchev was in his 5th year of Premiership of the Soviet Union.
They wanted to win the space race against the Soviet Union.
the space race started when the soviet union union launched Sputnik into space.
This reform was a reaction to the space program of the Soviet Union
it was the the soviet union
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