The space race was a bitter competition that took place in the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, ... It was an outgrowth of the mid-20th-century Cold War, ... Who won the space race?

‘Space race’ narrative rooted in Cold War logic ignores most significant development in space arena over past decade, ... This is a race that all of humanity stands to win or lose collectively.

The Soviet Union’s 1957 launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite during the Cold War is regarded as the start of man’s space exploration era, or the so-called “Race to Space”. Radio beeps from an ...