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During 1955-1975, when the USSR and the US, both made it a mission to investigate and explore the space.

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When the USSR launched Sputnik, America began to fear the USSR’s technology advances. Americans were surprised that the US lagged behind Soviet rocket and middle technology (SRMT).

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When Russia sent the first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)on August 21st, 1957. But, what really started the space war was when Russia sent the first artificial satellite on October 4, 1957. Russia then send the first dog in orbit on November 3rd, 1957. America sent the first US satellite on January 31st, 1958.

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The USSR went to the orbit the Earth first, but the US upped the Russians by landing Armstrong on the moon. Which soviets were the 1st to establish a space station in orbit, with Salyut 1 on April 19. 1971, but Apollo 11 landed in the sea of tranquility and returned home safe, making the US the winners of the space race, which led the space race to an end.

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in 1956, before the space race there was the Suez Crisis

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in 1961, Bay of pigs invasion happened and the Berlin wall did too.

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The technology advances the US and USSR made possible, which helped a lot with space programs, and also proved the winning of the US.

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Secondary source:
Veve, Thomas Dwight. "U.S.-Soviet Space Race." American History, ABC-CLIO, 2019, americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1301918. Accessed 10 Oct. 2019
This source gave both insights on the US side and the USSR side, what happened after the space race and a little insight on what went on before.

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The first spaceflight to land N. Armstrong and B. Aldrin on the Moon.