{The area|The room} Race

{The area|The room} Race

The Space {Competition|Contest} {started out|commenced} in the {1955s|1954s|1952s}. It was the time of the Cold {Battle|Conflict|Warfare}, {where the|when the} United States and the Soviet Union {fought against|struggled|battled} for technological superiority. {Every|Every single} country {desired to|wished to|planned to} prove that its political and {economical|monetary} system - capitalism on one side and the reds on the other - was better. Both capabilities wanted to launch the first satellite {and set|make} a human being into space. {The area|The room} Race was also {a section of the|an area of the|a portion of the} arms race after Ww ii.

In 1957, the Soviet Union {amazed|astonished|shocked} the, the burkha by launching the first man-made object into space. Sputnik was {a tiny} ball with four antennae protruding of it. Four months later the United States launched Explorer I. To the shock of {the united states|the|america}, the Soviets had beaten them in the first {stage|period} of the Space {Competition|Contest}. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first {human being|individual|man} sent into Earth orbit, only a month before American astronaut Alan Shepard was launched into space.

The American defeat was a blow to the western world. In the early 1960s John {Farrenheit|Farreneheit|N} Kennedy, America's newly {selected|chosen} president, declared that the US were willing {to exhibit|to demonstrate|showing} that they could put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Following the Mercury and Gemini projects had sent jet pilots to earth orbit, {Task|Job} Apollo faced the {job|process} of putting a team of three astronauts into lunar orbit and mailing two of {these to|those to} the moon's surface. {Throughout the|Through the} {sixties|60s|nineteen sixties}, NASA received {more income|additional money|more cash} than ever before.

On {This summer|Come july 1st|September} 20, 1969, Apollo 11's lunar landing module {Bald eagle|Skull cap|Novelty helmet} touched down on the moon's surface. Neil Armstrong became the first {human being|individual|man} to walk on the moon. The Americans {experienced|got|acquired} finally achieved a major victory in {the area|the room} {Competition|Contest}.

After 5 more {tacha|antojo|lacra} landings rivalry {between|involving the|between your} {Usa|Combined|Unified} States and the Soviet Union ended. In the 1970s, the Americans and the Soviets started working together on space {quests|tasks|flights}. The race to the moon was as well as funding for {NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) was|NASA (NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION) was} reduced radically.

The Space Race produced many failures on both {edges|attributes|factors}. While Russian rockets blew up on the {release|start|kick off} pad, three Americans {received|acquired} killed during {a floor|a surface|an earth} test in 1967. The most dramatic event {arrived|emerged|came up} when oxygen tanks {cracked|erupted|increased} during Apollo 13's {objective|quest} to the moon; however, NASA {got|squeezed|acquired} the jet pilots safely {returning to|to|back in} earth.