COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Aliens and humans
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Soviet Union and the rest of Asia
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Soviet Union and the United States
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United States and the rest of the world
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Detailed explanation-1: -The “space race” was a Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop aerospace capabilities, including artificial satellites, unmanned space probes, and human spaceflight.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The space race was a period of competition between the Soviet Union and the United States over who could conquer space exploration first.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.
Detailed explanation-5: -While it often fuelled Cold War rivalry and paranoia, the Space Race also yielded considerable benefits for human society. Space exploration required and produced rapid improvements and advances in many fields, including telecommunications, micro-technology, computer science and solar power.