Film Lesson - "The Right Stuff"

The US(United States) and the USSR(Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) were competing in the Film "The Right Stuff". The US and the USSR were competing the space race. The space race was a competition between the US and USSR. They competed to explore the outer space, who put the first satellites, The first human in space, and the first to land on the moon. By the looks of things the USSR was winning the competition but then the US started to catch up. The first person to put the satellite in space was The USSR and then soon after the US did. The US was the first person to send a monkey into space, but The USSR was the first person to send a human into space. The US was the first person to explore the outer space and the US was the first human to land on the moon. This space race was happening during the Cold War. The space war became important part of cultural, technological, and ideological rivalry between the US and the USSR during the Cold War.