Dwight Eisenhower was the President of the United States when the first satellites went into space. However, it was John F. Kennedy that challenged the rest of the world by stating the US would put a man on the moon in less than 10 years. That was the beginning of the space race.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower initiated the space race by establishing NASA in 1958 in response to the Soviet Union's successful launch of Sputnik in 1957.
It was Nikita Khrushchev, though his official title was Premier, not President.
President Kennedy entered the US into the space race in 1961.
During the space race, the President of Russia was Nikita Khrushchev.
The space race is important because it shows the competitive nature between humans. it is a race between Russia and america to reach (get a man on) the moon. the race was stared when russia launched a satellite called sputnik in 1957, the americans thought this could destroy them (by launching missiles from space) and the race for space started.
The Russians started the Space Race by launching Sputnik the first satellite, which then provoked fear in the Americans to begin development of their own satellites.
It was Nikita Khrushchev, though his official title was Premier, not President.
the space race started when the soviet union union launched Sputnik into space.
While President Nixon was a big supporter of space exploration, it was President Kennedy who actually started federal funding to finance it. It could be said, Kennedy started the space race.
The space race was started by the USSR on October 4, 1957 with the launch of Sputnik 1.
because space was and is the next frontier
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President Kennedy entered the US into the space race in 1961.
During the space race, the President of Russia was Nikita Khrushchev.
Truman, in 1949.
It was president John Kennedy who started the moon race.