space race
The Space Race was between the United States and the Soviet Union. As the name implies, they were racing to be the first ones in space. The Space Race officially begun when the two countries said they would be launching satellites into space in 1955. Beating the US by four months, the Soviet Union released Sputnik into orbit. Then the Russians beat us with the first man in space, and the Americans surely followed with John Glenn who orbited the Earth. Finally the American succeeded in getting the first men on the moon, with the famous words from Buzz Aldrin, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind".
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