Two countries have dominated space exploration: the United States and the Soviet Union. These nations competed in the “space race,” or the race to the Moon, which the U.S. eventually won. Even after man first walked on the Moon, fascination with what is in space has continued.
German Space Program
- In 1942 the German V2 was the first rocket to reach 100km from the Earth’s surface (the boundary of space).
- The rocket was designed by Wernher Von Braun, who later worked with NASA as the creator of the rockets that went to the moon.