Cold War Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Space Race=== {{Main|Space Race}} [[File:Buzz salutes the U.S. Flag.jpg|thumb|upright|The United States [[Apollo 11|reached the Moon]] in 1969.]] On the [[nuclear weapon]]s front, the United States and the Soviet Union pursued nuclear rearmament and developed long-range weapons with which they could strike the territory of the other.{{sfn|Byrd|2003}} In August 1957, the Soviets successfully launched the world's first [[intercontinental ballistic missile]] (ICBM),{{sfn|McMahon|2003|pp=75–76}} and in October they launched the first Earth satellite, [[Sputnik 1]].{{sfn|BBC|1957}} The launch of Sputnik inaugurated the [[Space Race]]. This led to the [[Apollo program|Apollo]] [[Moon landing]]s by the United States, which astronaut [[Frank Borman]] later described as "just a battle in the Cold War."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Smithsonian |last2=Klesius |first2=Mike |title=To Boldly Go |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/to-boldly-go-133005480/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=5 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref> The public's reaction in the Soviet Union was mixed. The Soviet government limited the release of information about the lunar landing, which affected the reaction. A portion of the populace did not give it any attention, and another portion was angered by it.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/apollo-moon-khrushchev/|title=The Moon Landing through Soviet Eyes: A Q&A with Sergei Khrushchev, son of former premier Nikita Khrushchev|magazine=Scientific American|date=July 16, 2009|access-date=January 7, 2019|last1=Das|first1=Saswato R.|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225085952/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/apollo-moon-khrushchev/|url-status=live}}</ref> A major Cold War element of the Space Race was [[Reconnaissance satellite|satellite reconnaissance]], as well as signals intelligence to gauge which aspects of the space programs had military capabilities.<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. INTELLIGENCE AND THE SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM|url=https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB501/|access-date=27 October 2021|website=nsarchive2.gwu.edu}}</ref> Later, however, the US and USSR pursued some cooperation in space as part of [[détente]], such as [[Apollo–Soyuz]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S.-Soviet Cooperation in Outer Space, Part 1: From Yuri Gagarin to Apollo-Soyuz {{!}} National Security Archive|url=https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2021-04-12/us-soviet-cooperation-in-outer-space-part-1-1961-1975|access-date=27 October 2021|website=nsarchive.gwu.edu}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page