When Did The Space Race Begin

Continuing their run of successful launches the soviets in 1959 sent a space probe lunik iii to photograph the dark side of the moon.

When did the space race begin. It was the first of several sputnik satellites launched during the igy. That night the scientists greeted the news with applause and congratulations all around. The space race begins. Fearful of soviet military control of space the americans quickly ready a rocket.

On july 31 1956 the united states announced its intention to launch an artificial satellite during the international geophysical year july 1 1957 to december 31 1958. The opening salvo of the space race was the launch of the soviet satellite sputnik 1 on oct. Rockets race in 1945 at the end of world war ii just before its defeat in order to turn tides to the other direction nazi germany launches their top secret weapon designed by the same wernher von braun a rocket v 2 with a v for vengeance. The competition began on 2 august 1955 when the soviet union responded to the us announcement of their similar intent to launch artificial satellites.

It is 1957 and the u s. Just after mere 6 minutes it was able to reach london 200 miles away inflicting devastating damage. The space race was a 20th century struggle between two nation states the soviet union ussr and the united states us. Two days later the soviet union announced its intention to do the same.

In may 1958 the soviets launched sputnik iii which weighed almost three thousand pounds. With the world watching it blows up. The pursuit for both was the domination of space flight technologies. How the space race began.

The soviet union has just launched the world s first satellite sputnik.