Who Won the Space Race - U.S.A or U.S.S.R.?

All these years later, people (in #America at least) know the U.S. won the #spacerace. I mean, we landed on the #moon. But, if you think about it, did did the U.S. really win the race? Because the #SovietUnion was first in space in pretty much everything except for the moon. First #satellite, dog, man, and woman (in that order) in #space. So, who actually won? . . . WRITER/NARRATOR MARY BETH GRIGGS VIDEO BY TOM McNAMARA MEDIA/ARCHIVE #ARCHIVE.ORG #GETTY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS #NASA NEW YORK TIMES RACE FOR SPACE (1959) . . . FOLLOW POPULAR SCIENCE https://www.popsci.com Facebook: http://ift.tt/1mDk8YO Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/popsci Instagram: http://ift.tt/2ieE7iU Snapchat: http://ift.tt/2fSZV2X Pinterest: http://ift.tt/2idLrLJ
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