After the end of the Second World War, the US and the USSR were locked in a race to get to space first.

Discover how the race started, who scored all the early points, and why going to the moon first was the biggest prize in space history.

End of World War II & Nazi V2 rockets
The head of the USA space programme: Wernher von Braun
The head of the USSR space programme: Sergei Korolev
The early years of The Space Race
Why there was such a desire to get to space
Communism vs. Capitalism
The first Sputnik Satellite
Confusing The Americans
First animals into space
Yuri Gagarin: The first man in space
1962: A bold claim from President John F. Kennedy
Next step "the moon"
The alternative "man on the moon" plans

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/space-race-1

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#176: The Space Race - Part One | The Early Years