Space Race
The Space Race was a long-lasting competition between the United States and the Soviet Union between the years of 1957 to 1975. They were competing to see who could get to space first.
ICBM's
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.
-a long range explosive device with the potential to cross oceans and continents.
-a long range explosive device with the potential to cross oceans and continents.
Sputnik
Sputnik, Russian for "fellow traveler of earth," was an unmanned Soviet satellite that orbited the earth on 4 October 1957. The kerosene-powered Sputnik weighed 84 kg (184 pounds), traveled at over 28,000 kilometers per hour (17,000 miles per hour) and continued to orbit until 4 January 1958. Although it did little more than transmit a monotonous beep, the successful orbit of the beachball-sized satellite became a seminal moment in the 20th century.