List of space races

The following is a list of space races, that is, competitions or rivalries in going into outer space.

List

Space Race, the Cold War geopolitical rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union in space primacy
- Moon Race, the race to have the first human landing on the Moon
Mars race, the rivalry between teams to put the first humans on or about the planet Mars
Asian space race, the geopolitical rivalry in Asia, between Japan, China, India, for supremacy in spaceflight
Billionaire space race, the entrepreneurial rivalry in NewSpace between billionaire entrants into the space sector

Amerikabomber contract competition in WWII Nazi Germany Luftwaffe for a space bomber capable of striking the United States from Germany

Ansari X Prize, the first X Prize Foundation prize for achieving repeated suborbital spaceflights using a space tourism capable vehicle, which was won by the SpaceShipOne team of Mojave Aerospace Ventures composed of Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan, Paul Allen and Vulcan Inc.
Google Lunar X Prize, the X Prize Foundation prize sponsored by Google to put a robotic rover onto the Moon, won by no team
America's Space Prize, the Bigelow Aerospace sponsored prize to create an American orbital space tourism capable vehicle, won by no team

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Caleb A. Scharf (1 May 2013). "Space Race: A Comparison of the Speediest Spacecraft". Scientific American. — a literal spacecraft speed comparison, instead of the metaphorical races for outer space, listed above.