The space race of the 1950s and 1960s gets a bizarre twist in the new miniseries "Primordial" from Image Comics. Skip to main content. ... A dog, two monkeys and one wild space race.

The space race was a bitter competition that took place in the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

Space Race Diary Red Air Force General Nikolai Kaminin was one of many players in the Soviet space program. His candid diary describes Soviet triumphs, setbacks, and reactions to the American program.

The new space race involves, in some ways, higher stakes. There's more money on the table, we're sending 'tourists' without professional training into space, and we're sending astronauts and ...

The new players NOVA: Is there a "space race" today? Asif Siddiqi: Well, it certainly seems so if you look at the media these days. China and Japan launched probes to the moon recently, and India ...

— -- Key dates in the space race: •Oct. 4, 1957: The Soviets launch Sputnik I, the world's first orbiting satellite, setting off near panic in the USA. •Nov. 3: The Soviets launch a dog ...