Global Industry
From the earliest forays into commercial space, competition has been fierce. The United States has an established lead in the design, construction, and marketing of satellites. At the ...
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Space Race
On October 4, 1957, Americans were stunned by the news that for the first time, an artificial satellite had been put into orbit around the earth—not by the United States, which had b...
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The Space Race and the Cold War
Overview
At the end of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union began a decades-long battle for political, military, and technological superiority. In the a...
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Flying Into Space: the Race to Be First
Although the race into space was driven in great measure by the Cold War (the prolonged conflict for world dominance from 1945 to 1991 between the United States...
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On October 4, 1957, at 10:58 PM Moscow time, the world forever changed. From a launch pad in Tyuratam, Russia, a Soviet R-7 rocket blasted off towards space. Aboard was a small, 23-inch diameter alumi...
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Global Industry
Space Race
The Space Race and the Cold War
Flying Into Space: the Race to Be First
