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SPACE EXPLORATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When did the “Space Race” being?
A
the end of World War I
B
the end of World War II
C
the end of the Vietnam War
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Most historians agree that the space race ended on 20 July 1969 when Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon for the first time. As the climax of space history and exploration, the lunar landing led to a triumph for the US.

Detailed explanation-2: -By landing on the moon, the United States effectively “won” the space race that had begun with Sputnik’s launch in 1957. For their part, the Soviets made four failed attempts to launch a lunar landing craft between 1969 and 1972, including a spectacular launch-pad explosion in July 1969.

Detailed explanation-3: -From the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, the two superpowers were embroiled in a bitter competition over who could ‘conquer’ outer space first. Beginning with the launch of the first satellite and culminating with a joint mission between the two superpowers, the space race was a unique period in space exploration.

Detailed explanation-4: -July 17, 1975. Just shy of the sixth anniversary of the first Moon landing, the culmination of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, an American spacecraft docked with a Soviet capsule in Earth orbit as part of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP).

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