http://www.history.com/topics/space-raceIn this video it talks about how the USSR which are the Soviet Union where the first one to launch the first spaceship into space on October 4,1957. The name of this ship was sputnik. This was bad news for America because if the Russians could send a satellite maybe they could nuclear missiles too. So America got involved and they sent there first spaceship into space and they where behind for awhile but they where the first one to step on the moon and they won the space race.
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The Cold War Caused the Expansion of Space Exploration
While the United States and the Soviet Union where locked in battle during the second half of the 20th century.The Space Race came about because while both countries had rocket programs, it wasn't until the Russians launched Sputnik that the race really began. The Americans formed the NASA which grew out the NACA in order to attack the Soviet threat. During this time no one knew what it is like to walk on the moon or any other planets; the NASA where on a search to find the best and the brightest minds in the world to build a rocket that could carry people into space.
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