Space Race Propaganda

In the space race these posters are wonderful examples of mid century soviet art.

Space race propaganda. From 1958 to 1963 the union of soviet socialist republics created an incredible collection of posters with over the top propaganda lines like that to inspire russians in the space race. During the cold war both the united states and the soviet union were in an ideological battle. In the course of this conflict was the demonstration that each side was superior to the other. Propaganda posters urged them to focus on the space program as bringing pride to mother russia and to communism.

The soviet union achieved an early lead in the space race by launching the first artificial satellite sputnik 1 replica shown in 1957. Unlike other aspects of the cold war the space race was a very public phenomenon. After the first sputnik proved to be a successful propaganda coup korolev now known publicly only as the anonymous chief designer of rocket space systems was charged to accelerate the crewed program the design of which was combined with the zenit program to produce the vostok spacecraft. While the soviet union and the united states differed in how they propagandized the space race they shared the common bond of actually having space programs.

The united states led during the moon race by landing neil armstrong pictured and buzz aldrin on the moon july 20 1969. Space propaganda was used during the cold war and is also used today. Both the united states and the soviet union repeatedly claimed to be ahead of the other in space exploration. Can accomplish anything it sets its mind to.

We were born to make the fairy tale. For other uses of the term see space race disambiguation. Other eastern european companies clearly had an interest in science fiction and western culture but that interest manifested in a truly bizarre art style. Perhaps the tale of america s original astronauts seven fearless test pilots risking their lives to help our great nation win the space race is an inspirational tale illustrating that the u s.

Was well ahead of the u s. Created between 1958 1963 when the u s s r. For example the as seen in the poster below the united states government and the american media directly attacked the soviet union cccp and their communist ideology to serve as a motivating.