In summary the Space Race was just another head-to-head competition against the United States and the Soviet Union over who could get into space first. You must know about Sputnik, the little piece of hardware the U.S.S.R. got into space right?? Sputnik I is a basketball-sized, 183 pound, spherical satellite the Soviets sent out into orbit around Earth on October 4, 1957. Sadly, Sputnik I only spent three months in orbit around our planet. Once launched into orbit, Sputnik officially started the Space Race. America wanted to be just as good and technicalogically evolved so every scientist put their heads together to plan up and build Explorer I. Although the world was in craze about having satellites lainched into space, the world also had the apiphany of thinking, "Well if they can launch Sputnik into space, what else could they launch?" And that's when it all began...the next race would be known as the Arms Race.
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