USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -NASA’s earliest objective was to launch a manned vehicle into Earth’s orbit as soon as possible. 2 It would be the Soviets, however, who would win the race to put a man in space. In April 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to enter Earth’s orbit, in a single-pilot spacecraft called Vostok I.

Detailed explanation-2: -The formation of NASA was the first concrete step of a national commitment to winning the Space Race. The Soviet Union sent a spacecraft over the surface of the moon.

Detailed explanation-3: -12 April 1961: The Soviet Union achieve a clear triumph in the Space Race. Aboard the Vostok 1, Yuri Gagarin makes a single orbit around the Earth and becomes the first man to reach space. He remained in space for one hour and forty-eight minutes before landing in Saratov Oblast, west Russia.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Space Race was considered important because it showed the world which country had the best science, technology, and economic system. After World War II both the United States and the Soviet Union realized how important rocket research would be to the military.

Detailed explanation-5: -Who Won the Space Race? 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.