Multiple choice

What does the term 'space race' refer to?

  1. Competition between the United States and the then Soviet Union for exploration of space.

  2. Expansion project of launch pads by NASA.

  3. Effort to launch high-altitude space satellites.

  4. Mission to develop 'cryogenic engine'.
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The 'space race' was a long lasting competition between the United States and the then Soviet Union between 1957 and 1975. It began with the delivery of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into orbit in October 1957. The competition was intimately connected to military superiority as well as general technological superiority.

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