Space Race
The U.S.A. vs USSR in the Space Race of Technology
Sputnik 1
The launch of Sputnik 1 made the United States go crazy. The soviet union had beaten them to space. This caused the company NASA to be created. This also made the united states shift focus on military power to getting and exploring space.
First to the Moon!
this is a picture of apollo 11 moon landing. This was the first ever successful manned mission to the moon no one else had been on the moon before. Imagine being the first person on the moon. This was a giant step forward for the United States. It was the first time that the United States was ahead in the space race. It also is the point where after this the United States had basically won the space race.