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The U.S. noticed the technological advancements that the Soviets were making and wanted to take the chance to prove the advancement of their own technology by going against the Soviet Union in the space race. They sent men and rockets to space, and eventually landed on the moon.

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The Soviet Union started the space race by showing their technological advancements. Their first big move was launching the Sputnik into space (the first craft to ever go into space), and took part in more advancements such as sending the first man into space and more.

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The USSR won the original "getting a man into space' in 1961. The United States made their own achievements, including getting the first man on the moon, as well. They ended up signing an agreement to collaborate.

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The United States and the Soviet union came together under a joint desire for innovation and made tremendous progress in space technology, which accelerated all technology, much of which our devices rely on today.

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The space race started as a competition to see whether the USSR or the US would be able to advance in space technology faster

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It can be argued that communism was neither contained nor expanded because the real motive of the space race was to advance science, rather than spread ideology/conquer land

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NASA has sent multiple rovers to Mars in order to research the planet. And eventually, there is a possibility that a person will land on  Mars in the future

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First woman in space, from USSR

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In 2016, scientists discovered gravitational waves in the fabric of space. Learning more about it can allow scientists to observe the universe from a new perspective, and hopefully understand the creation of our universe

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The ability to send crafts into orbit insinuated that in the future they could send weapons up there and they'd have the ability to go anywhere in the world