The Space Race began on August 2, 1955, when the Soviet Union responded to the US announcement four days earlier of intent to launch artificial satellites for the International Geophysical Year, by declaring they would also launch a satellite "in the near future". The Soviet Union beat the US to this, with the October 4, 1957 orbiting of Sputnik 1, and later beat the US to the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, on April 12, 1961. The race peaked with the July 20, 1969 US landing of the first humans on the Moon with Apollo 11. The USSR tried but failed manned lunar missions, and eventually cancelled them and concentrated on Earth orbital space stations
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C. Political power had shifted away from Western Europe and toward the USA and Soviet Union.
Explanation:
The Cold War is a period that lasted from the end of the World War II and up until the begging of the 1990's. It was a period of tension and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union which almost led to another world war. This period was marked almost exclusively by the actions of these two countries, while all others were in their shade or controlled by them.
Western Europe was the region that dominated the world until the World War II, but after it ended, the region lost its global power. On the other side, the United States and the Soviet Union were on the rise, being the most dominant military forces, with thriving industries and vast resources on disposal. Also, these two countries were the leaders of the two global movements, the democracy and capitalism versus the communism and command economy.
To stop supplies going to Britain and France. I think. Hope i helped
