Do you know what is the beginning of space race? The story began in World War 2. At that time, Germans were not allowed to do research on long-range cannon due to the contract after World War 1. However, they didn't give up easily, and they came up with a smart idea-----to develop missile instead of cannon. After years of struggling by a group of distinguished engineers, they finally invented the first missile called V2 with rocket engine. Therefore, V2 is considered the first rocket in the world. Below is V2,launched in 1943.



When the war came to the end, Germany surrendered. America and Soviet Union saw the bright future of rocket. The two nations started to recruit engineers from the previous team of V2 and also took advantage of their resources. Technology and talented engineers from V2 built the foundation of space race. Below is the most famous engineers recruited by Americans.



With such good resources, America and Soviet Union began their competition. Unfortunately, Soviet Union took the cake at first. It was 1957, the news reported that the first artificial satellite (Sputnik----- only 58 cm in diameter, and weigh 83.6 kg) was launched. People all over the world was astonished, especially was Americans. America soon developed another satellite which was called TV3. However, it dropped down after launch in 2 seconds. This was a great shame of Americans.



In twenty years of space race, both two nations provided plenty of projects, including sending astronauts into space, landing on Moon......Although it really consumed lots of resources, one thing undebatable is that countless of scientific discoveries were the amazing products remain. Below is the first man into space.



As a result, I talk about some stories in space race because I think that was the period when human started to get a key to explore the universe.

In the end, I want to share a video about space race. Hope you enjoy it!