Unbelievable Photos That Were Declassified by the CIA

The Infamous Space Race

The race to space was a huge topic of conversation in the 1970s. The United States was working quickly to become the first folks to the moon, so the USSR followed suit. The Soviets tried to conduct a spacecraft (pictured) but failed miserably. It took them 10 years to build something good enough to test, and then another six years for them to even try and test it. Then, the launch failed.