The Cold War
The battle for the First Rocket ship into space
The cold war started with Russia And America
At first it was the Race to build the first nuclear warhead but America won. Later the Russians made the first unmanned probe called Sputnik 1 in 1969 the Americans sent Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into space to land on the Moon.
Here are some of the famous Space shuttles that went to space
sputnik 1
The Russians sent this space module in to space first
Apollo 11
this Spaceship sent Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins into space
Atlantis
this shuttle was sent on its first flight on Oct 03, 1985 and the last was July 8, 2011
The length of the Cold war
The cold war Started from 1947-1992 their was three stages: The hot war: actual warfare between Russia and America. The warm war: More threats than fighting. The cold war: The race to send the first spaceship into space.