The document summarizes the accomplishments and events of the Space Race between the Soviet Union and United States during the Cold War. It notes that the Soviet Union was first to launch Sputnik and send a man, Yuri Gagarin, into space. The US achieved the goal set by President Kennedy by landing astronauts including Neil Armstrong on the moon. The Space Race helped drive technological innovation and was a manifestation of the broader competition between the two superpowers during the Cold War era.

1. The Cold War: The Race to SpaceCreated by Andrew Harlan

2. The Space Race

3. Russian AccomplishmentsUpper Left: SputnikLower Left: Yuri GagarinRight: Soviet Prototype Lunar Spacesuit

4. In America…Left: Neil Armstrong on the MoonNot the Space Race…The MOON Race

5. Escape from the Cold WarAbove: Thousand of Americans watched CBS’s coverage of the lunar landing.

6. Kennedy’s GoalRight: President John F. Kennedy announcing his goal of a manned lunar landing

7. Cold War CompetitionAbove: United States vs. Soviet Union

8. Space AlliancesAbove: Flags from each country

9. Still to be discovered

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