THE SPACE RACE
By: Royal Evans
The Space Race Begins
Three months into the International Geophysical Year [IGY] the National Academy of sciences, in Washington DC had a conference. The conference was to organizes how there going to plan to launch a rocket.
The First Space Race Launched
The first Space Race reveals the inside story of an awesome adventure with world-altering stakes. From 1955 through 1958, American and soviet engineers battled to catch the worlds image by successfully launching the WORLD'S!!!! FIRST SATELLITE.
The end of the space Race
On July 17, 1975,a us Apollo capsule carrying a three man group docked with a soviet Soyuz capsule. Carrying a two man group, marking the first time two different countries meeted in space also ended the ''Space Race'' that came before it.