The Space Race Essentials

Blast off from Sputnik’s first beep to Apollo’s final footprint as you track the Cold War’s cosmic contest. Along the way you’ll meet daring astronauts, rocket engineers, and political visionaries while decoding how competition spurred innovation and global change. By the end you’ll be able to explain key missions, link space milestones to Earth-bound events, and weigh the race’s lasting impact on science, culture, and today’s commercial spaceflight—no prior science degree required, just curiosity and a sense of wonder.