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The space race was a 20th century rivalry between The United States and the Soviet Union. The main goal of this rivalry was to develop the most advanced spaceflight capabilities.

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The two main and opposing countries that were involved with the space race had been the Soviet Union, more specifically Russia, and the United States.

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa). According to the NASA website they are "a U.S. government agency that is responsible for science and technology related to air and space." NASA was founded in 1957 and was originally created to overlook U.S. space exploration.

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Russian propaganda used to promote the Soviet Space Agency and get more people to like the idea of it.

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Sputnik 1 exhibit in the Space Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.

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The Space Race started after the USSR's response to the United State's announcement to launch satellites into space. After this the USSR launched the first satellite, Sputnik 1, into space, officially kicking off the space race.

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On November 3, 1957, the first ever animal had been sent into space and orbit by the Soviet Union. Laika, a Siberian Husky, was launched into orbit with the Sputnik 2 satellite.

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On January 31, 1958, the United States rebelled against the Soviet Union by launching their first satellite, Explorer 1. This new satellite was the first satellite to be able to go into orbit around Earth.

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In April of 1961, aboard the Vostok 1 space shuttle, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to make a full successful orbit around Earth. He became the first man into space and gave the Soviet Union an edge in the Space Race.

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The first-ever spacewalk is completed by Aleksei Leono on March 18, 1965. He spent 12 minutes in space tethered to the Voskhod 2 spacecraft.

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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On December 21st, 1968, the crew of the Apollo 8 spacecraft became the first human crew to reach and orbit around the moon. The crew orbited the moon 10 times before returning to Earth on Christmas Eve.

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Buzz Aldrin after deploying the U.S. flag onto the lunar surface.

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On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins reached the moon aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft. Armstrong and Aldrin became the first people to ever walk on the moon, but Collins stayed aboard the shuttle to relay information back to Earth. Before stepping onto the moon, Neil Armstrong uttered his soon-to-be-famous words "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." This event marked the end of the Space Race between the U.S. and the USSR.

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I wrote about this because I have always been interested in space and the space race is something that has always been fascinating to me. When I was researching this I found lots of information that I had never known before that I found interesting and cool. Overall, researching and making a project for the Space Race was an enjoyable and interesting time.

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On April 19, 1971, the USSR launched the first space station, Saylut. This space station was only designed to survive up to 6 months. Saylut would later become a key component of the International Space Station in November of 2000.

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