# data[].attributes.body
The space race was a competition between the US and the USSR to see who could advance their technology the most and get a human to the moon first.

# data[].attributes.body
Sputnik was the first human made spacecraft to be sent out of earth. It was launched by the soviet union so everybody thought that the USSR would be the first to land a human on the moon.

# data[].attributes.body
The Space Race can be compared to the Cold War. Both the Space Race and the Cold War were between the US and the USSR, and they both included competition. The difference with the Cold War and the Space Race is that in the Cold War not much was happening. There was a lot of waiting in the Cold War, but in the Space Race there wasn't time to wait because both countries were fighting to get to the moon first.

# data[].attributes.headline
What country would be the first to actually reach space and what accomplished for them?How did this continue to create competition?

# data[].attributes.subject
What country would be the first to actually reach space and what accomplished for them?How did this continue to create competition?

# data[].attributes.body
The first country to reach space was the soviet union when they sent Yuri Gagarin to space. He didn’t land on the moon, he just orbited around the earth. This continued to create competition because they wanted to see who could land a human on the moon.

# data[].attributes.headline
What agency was created in the US and how was it dedicated to the space journey?

# data[].attributes.subject
What agency was created in the US and how was it dedicated to the space journey?

# data[].attributes.body
NASA was created in 1958 by the independent US governmental agency. This added to the space journey by creating more vehicles that can see space from inside and outside of earth.

# data[].attributes.headline
Why was president Kennedy’s proclamation of getting a man to the moon so important? What does this have to do with project Apollo?

# data[].attributes.subject
Why was president Kennedy’s proclamation of getting a man to the moon so important? What does this have to do with project Apollo?

# data[].attributes.body
It inspired people in the US and told them why it was so important. It also helped to raise funding for the Apollo program. Kennedy’s proclamation showed the importance of supporting funding for project Apollo.

# data[].attributes.headline
What 3 comparisons could be made in technology in the present to the impact made by the space race? 

# data[].attributes.subject
What 3 comparisons could be made in technology in the present to the impact made by the space race? 

# data[].attributes.body
The space race has impacted technology in so many ways. During the space race NASA was created. NASA developed technology that was able to be sent up into space. Nobody had ever seen technology like this before and that inspired people to do new things and try harder.

# data[].attributes.headline
How was the competition started and built up during the space race?

# data[].attributes.subject
How was the competition started and built up during the space race?

# data[].attributes.body
The competition for the Space Race started when the Soviet Union responded to the United States announcement of plans to launch satellites into space by saying that they also had plans to launch satellites in the near future. The competition between the two countries grew when the Soviet Union launched the first spacecraft into space which was carrying a human. This really put on pressure for the US to get a human to the moon first.