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Space Race /Arms Race
Between U.S.A and Russia
By Addis Yilma
Context
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The growth of atomic weapons
between the two superpowers.
Who were The two superpowers
during the cold war?
Why was the launch of sputnik so
historically significant toward the
space race?
The achievements of the
superpowers involved in the
space race.
The outcome of the space race
and arms race between the two
Cold War superpowers.
The growth of atomic weapons
between the two superpowers.
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In 1945 the United States had dropped
two atomic bombs on Japan to end World
War Two.
Four years later, the Soviet Union built
their own atomic bomb.
A deadly arms race had begun. Both
superpowers stockpiled nuclear weapons.
By the end of the decade both sides were
developing missiles to carry bombs to
each other 's doorsteps.
The growth of atomic weapons
between the two superpowers.
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Neither superpower wanted to start an all-out war.
Instead, they pursued their rivalry indirectly by
supporting opposite sides in conflict in the third world.
These were the poorer nations of Latin America, Asia
and Africa.
One such conflict brought the superpowers to the brink
of war.
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy learned that the
Soviets were supplying Cuba with missiles. U.S navy
ships blocked the island. The world waited to see if the
Soviet Union would remove all missiles and missiles
bases from Cuba.
Finally, the Soviet Union agreed to remove them.
Space Race
between U.S.A and Soviet Union
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Space Race was a competition of space
exploration between the United State and Soviet
Union, which lasted roughly from 1957 to 1975. It
involved the efforts to explore outer space with
artificial satellites, to send humans into space,
and to land people on the Moon.
By 1960 the superpowers were in a space race
as well as an arms race. Americans were
stunned in 1957 when the Soviet sent Sputnik, a
man-made satellite, into orbit around the earth.
Throughout the 1960s,the two nations raced to
see who would be first to put a person on the
moon.
Space Race
between U.S.A and Soviet Union
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Americans cheered as Neil
Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made
the first lunar landing in 1969.
The two superpowers during the
Cold War
The Soviet Union was a strong Socialist republic.
 The United States was strong Capitalist republic.
 The Soviet Union and the United States were on the same
side during World War 2.
 The United State want all counties to be democratic and
the Soviet Union wanted all countries to be communist
 Both countries were powerful.
 The Soviets had the worlds largest stockpile of nuclear
weapon for the second half of the Cold War, while the
U.S.A had the largest army in the world and had one of
the two most powerful air forces in the world.
 The Soviets had a very strong global intelligence network
(KGB) while the U.S.A were powerful allies in Western
Europe (NATO).
Why the launch of Sputnik was so
historically significant in the Space Race.
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Sputnik, the first man-made
satellite, was launched on October
4, 1957 by the U.S.S.R. It was
little more than the size of a
basketball and weighed 184
pounds. Sputnik was not
equipped with any scientific
instruments, but orbited the earth
once every 98 minutes. It
contained a single radio
transmitter.
Why the launch of Sputnik was so historically
significant in the Space Race.
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Forty years later, the Cold War is
over, and the Russian space
program frightens only its own
cosmonauts.
That launch ushered in new political,
military, technological, and scientific
developments. While the Sputnik
launch was a single event, it marked
the start of the space age and the
U.S.-U.S.S.R space race.
The firsts achievements of the
Space Race during Cold War
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They both sent humans to the moon.
They both developed technology while they
competed to be better than each other.
They brought different types of atomic weapons
and made the world fear each others countries.
The Russians sent the first woman Valentina
Tereshkova onto the moon.
The Russian also sent a dog to the moon.
Laika
Cause and Effect of Cold War
Soviet domination of eastern Europe.
 Communist victory in China.
 Distrust between United States and Soviet
Union.
 Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan.
 Founding of NATO and Warsaw Pact.
 East-West tension.
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Cause and effect of cold war
causes
Arms race between the United States and
Soviet Union.
 Rivalry between the United States and
Soviet Union for world power.
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