Question

The space race what side the soviet union had

Answer 1

The space race was between the Soviet Union and the United States. The end goal was walking on moon, which is something that the United States managed to do, even though the soviets beat them in all other parts of the race like having the first man in space and having the first space walk. There are still nowadays many people who believe that the moon landing was fake and that the Soviets were actually the winners.

Answer 2

The space race lasted a duration of years, so there is a lot of information that would be best explained in a novel. However, a site I found has a short synopsis (summary) of some of the achievements made during that time:
"Most Americans remember or have been taught that, during the Cold War, the Communist Soviet Union put the first satellite into space, but that it was the United States NASA program that put the first man on the moon. What most people fail to remember is that the Soviet Union was not only responsible for putting a satellite into orbit, but was the first to put a living animal in space, put the first man in orbit, achieved the first space walk, and put a multi-manned capsule in space. Unfortunately, the Soviet Union was also the first to endure the first human fatality of the space race. As both super powers scampered to sacrifice money and lives to this Cold War cause, the Soviet Union seemed to be leagues ahead of the United States."
- http://spaceracehistory.tripod.com/soviet.shtml