A competition between two Cold War rivals - the Soviet Union (USSR) and United States (US) - for supremacy in spaceflight capability from 1955-1972. It marked significant milestones such as human spaceflight.
Imagine if two high school students were competing for valedictorian status. They're both trying their best to outdo each other with higher grades or more extracurricular activities. That's similar to how USSR & US competed during the Space Race – they wanted technological superiority over each other.
Sputnik 1: The first artificial Earth satellite launched by Soviet Union marking the start of space age.
Apollo Program: A series of American missions that landed astronauts on Moon demonstrating US’s victory in Space Race.
Cold War: A political conflict between USSR & US after World War II characterized by mutual perceptions of hostile intention between military-political alliances or blocs.
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