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Cold war beginning
The Cold war started around 1947 and ended in 1991 After World War II drew to a close in the mid-20th century, a new conflict began. Known as the Cold War, this battle pitted the world’s two great powers–the democratic, capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union–against each other. -
Cold war cause
Beginning in the late 1950s, space would become another dramatic arena for this competition, as each side sought to prove the superiority of its technology, its military firepower and by extension its political system -
Space race winner
The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969. -
The Moon landing
The 2 astronauts that made it to the moon were Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin. -
Manned landings
There have been six manned U.S. landings (between 1969 and 1972) and numerous unmanned landings, with no soft landings happening from 22 August 1976 until 14 December 2013. The cold war was a hard war for both America and the Soviet Union.