How did the space race impact the United States?

It brings tension between two powerful nations. It prompted competitive countries to send unmanned space probes to the Moon, Venus and Mars. It also made possible human spaceflight in low Earth orbit and to the Moon. The zeal the United States and USSR had to outperform one another proved quite beneficial to the progress of science.

They become competitive and eager to learn the Universe in order to become part of the Space Race which Russia ans United States fought

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created in 1958 as the federal agency with primary responsibility for the development of civilian aerospace research.

Early Soviet successes in the space race had a major impact on US society and culture, altering strategic defense doctrines and leading to new educational initiatives

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