The United States effectively "won" the space race, which began with the launch of Sputnik in 1957, by landing on the moon. The Soviets, for their part, failed four times between 1969 and 1972 to launch a lunar landing vehicle, including a spectacular launch-pad explosion in July 1969.
So, Option D is correct about the space race.
About space race:
- Following the end of World War II in the mid-twentieth century, a new struggle began.
- The Cold War placed the world's two great powers against one other: the liberal, capitalist United States and the Union Of Soviet socialist republics.
- Beginning in the late 1950s, space would become yet another dramatic battleground in this conflict, as each side sought to demonstrate the superiority of its technology, military force, and, by extension, political-economic system.
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