SPACE SCIENCE
Man after his succesful attempts to reach for the skies tried to explore the space.Attempts at space missions dated back to the 50s.
The Space Race was an informal competition between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted roughly from 1957 to 1975. It involved the parallel efforts by each of those countries to explore outer space with artificial satellites, to send humans into space, and to land people on the Moon.
Though its roots lie in early rocket technology and in the international tensions following World War II, the Space Race effectively began after the Soviet launch of Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957. The term originated as an analogy to the arms race. The Space Race became an important part of the cultural and technological rivalry between the USSR and the United States became a particularly important arena in this conflict, both because of its potential military applications and due to the morale-boosting psychological benefits.