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Oct

1942

Did you know that the Space Race had origins in World War 2?

On your marks...

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The USSR and USA had different ways of governing
and they were very suspicious of each other.

The Space Race - BBC Bitesize information and video

Here is the Science Museum Explanation

Below is Simple History's Video explanation. (Click on the video to get controls to fill screen.)

At times it looked like there may be war between the 'East' and 'West'

This tension was called 'The Cold War'

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OCT

1962

The Cuban Missile Crisis started on...

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MAR

1983

Here is a presentation by Flo about the Space Race...

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03

Did you know that the Space Race had origins in World War 2?

On your marks...

The USSR and USA had different ways of governing
and they were very suspicious of each other.

The Space Race - BBC Bitesize information and video

Here is the Science Museum Explanation

Below is Simple History's Video explanation. (Click on the video to get controls to fill screen.)

At times it looked like there may be war between the 'East' and 'West'

This tension was called 'The Cold War'

16

America wanted to protect itself from space

23

Here is a presentation by Flo about the Space Race...

03

Did you know that the Space Race had origins in World War 2?

On your marks...

The USSR and USA had different ways of governing and they were very suspicious of each other.

The Space Race - BBC Bitesize information and video

Here is the Science Museum Explanation

Below is Simple History's Video explanation. (Click on the video to get controls to fill screen.)

At times it looked like there may be war between the 'East' and 'West'

This tension was called 'The Cold War'

16

America wanted to protect itself from space

23

Here is a presentation by Flo about the Space Race...

The USSR and USA had different ways of governing
and they were very suspicious of each other.