1. What was the "Space Race"?

DescriptionThe Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States, to achieve firsts in spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between the two nations that occurred following World War II.

The "Space Race"was a race between the Soviet Union and the United States to be the first in spaceflight capability.