Space Race Essay

Even though the Soviet Union and the U.S.A are not at war, they have been in a power struggle, constantly trying to be better than one another. There are multiple examples for this, but the biggest are the space race, the Cold War, and the Korean War. In 1955, the space race began, both the Soviet Union and USA created ballistic missiles used to launch satellites into space. Later, in 1957, after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I the U.S.A. and Soviet Union were in a race to get people into space. The Soviet Union first got Yuri Gagarin into space, but a few years later, the USA launched the Apollo 11 into space successfully. The Soviet Union was not able to recreate that successful space mission, so instead, they focused on space stations,
The Cold War was called that because it ended the arms treaty between the Soviet Union and USA. There was never a full scale fight between the two, because both sides had nuclear weapons, and both sides knew if any attack was launched, nukes would ensure mutual destruction of both sides. The Soviet Union caused many conflicts to occur, but in 1970, both sides agreed to help around the world to stop escalating tensions. (Fontaine, Andre. History of the Cold War. Andre Fontaine, 1970. History of the Cold War.) The Korean War was one of the biggest conflicts that was attributed to the Cold War. It was caused by North Korea invading South Korea. The U.N. and USA went in to assist South Korea while China and the Soviet Union went in to assist North Korea. In 1950, combat erupted as the North Korean army, the Russian army and Chinese army entered South Korea. Later, the U.N. tried to stop hostilities by calling a ceasefire, but it was denied and the U.S.A and U.N. had to go into South Korea to fight the North Koreans and their allies. Eventually, in 1953 both sides signed a peace treaty and the Korean War ended. (Fontaine, Andre. History of