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The Space Race (1955-1975) – USA vs. USSR
The Space Race saw the USA and USSR battling for supremacy in space From launching the first satellite to landing on the moon, discover how this Cold War competition shaped the future of technology an ...
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Space Race Time Line
When the Soviet Union rejected the proposal, Eisenhower sought other ways to gather intelligence. On July 29, he announced that the United States would begin work on a scientific satellite.
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In Central Europe, Czechs Go Hunting for Arms for Ukraine
The Czech Republic, once part of a former Soviet satellite state and with little sympathy for Russia’s efforts to restore its lost empire, is one of Ukraine’s most ardent supporters.
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Satellite Maintains Steady Course As U.S. Plans Winter Launching; Ike Spurns Soviet Policy Parley
The United States could have put a satellite in orbit before now but to ... Oct. 9--President Eisenhower ruled out today any joint Soviet-American "attempt to dictate to the world." ...