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Other crossword clues for answer "SPACERACE"

SPACERACE
Competition with escalating product launches
Competition with rockets
'60s competition
Exploration competition started by Sputnik
NASA's concern
Sputnik started it
Competition covering many miles
Era that started with Sputnik
One-time rocket rivalry
1955-1991 conflict
Event started by 38-Across
Contest with many missions
Old U.S./Soviet rivalry
It was launched with Sputnik
Cold War competition
Contest featuring Apollo
Competition with many missions
Rhyming Cold War era competition
20th-century "sprint" to the moon
Competition spurred by Sputnik
Competition that began in 1957
Sputnik 1 launched it
Competition begun in the mid-1950s