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space race

competition to explore space between USA and USSR
Event competition Q1932
space race
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Summary

space race is a competition[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of competition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,772 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: space exploration[3]
  • Subclass of: race to space[4]
  • Commons category: Space Race[5]
  • Start time: October 4, 1957[6]
  • End time: July 1975[7]
  • Participant: Soviet Union[8], United States[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Space Race[10]
  • Different from: Space Race[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]

Why It Matters

space race has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Space Race
    Local thumb → —
    Instance of → competition, space exploration
    Harper's tag → space-race
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: space-race, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960535|space race (#289960535)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
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