| The USSR launched the first manmade satellite, Sputnik, marking the beginning of the space race. |
| When we think of the space race, it's all guts and glory, matching jumpsuits and golfing on the moon. |
| For the generations that grew up during the space race, the future was very hard to predict because the present was moving so fast. |
| Cynics argue that the space race was merely an expression of cold-war animosity. |
| I was brought up during the space race and got my first telescope at 11 and have been getting more and more involved ever since. |
| The rocket was later modified to boost two astronauts in Gemini capsules into orbit during the space race. |
