During the cold war, The United States' competition towards the Soviet Union uprised into a spaced raced.
The Soviet Union
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The soviet union competed in the space race because the constant tension between The U.s. vs. The USSR. Sputnik's launch the very first attempt to the race on the moon. The Soviet Union was the first to land the first unmanned object on the moon known as Luna 2
NASA
NASA had a bumpy relationship with the USSR. When the space race started in 1963, the United States went through all circumstances to become the best possible.With the constant tensions of the USSR Kennedy said" Let's both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of it's terrors
The Apollo ProGram
Also Known as project Apollo, from 1963 to 1972, the goal was to establish technology to meet other countries, Carry out the moon landing project, and developing man's capability to work in the lunar environment. Apollo carried a total of 17 missions with Apollo 11 becoming the 1st manned mission to the moon on July 20, 1969.