"The Right Stuff"

During the Cold war, the United Statesm and Russia competed in different ways. One way was called the 'Space Race'. Both nations were trying to succesfully launch to outer space. Russia was always one step ahead, and won this race. They even made a fool out of the U.S.
The United States were sending chimpanzees in the rockets to go outer space. However, they failed. Russia went into outer space first, and with a human.

On the contrary, the United states did eventually catch up and surpass the Russians by sending the first man in the moon - Neil Armstrong.
Did you know?
The first human to travel in space was Yuri Gagarin, in April of 1961.

NATO and the Warsaw Pact.

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is a military alliance. Everyone in this alliance agrees to mutual defense in response to any outside attack. This system was known as 'Collective Defense'. Some countries in NATO today are; United States, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Spain, Turkey, and even the United Kingdom.
However, in response to this alliance, the communists were competing as well. Shortly after, they created a similar group known as the Warsaw Pact. Some members are as followed; Albania, Bulgaria, Poland, and Hungary.
-Did you know?
As of today, NATO has 26 members.