Communication during Space race
During the Cold War the communication was very important for the USA and the USSR, we can see different kinds of communication for the 2 space program. The Soviets especially used posters to show their own progress we can give the example of Vostok 1 with Yuri Gagarin.
In this poster we can see the 2 symbols of the USSR: The Hammer and the Stickle these 2 elements represent the Communist and the union of the industrial worker and the peasant in the background we can see the earth and some stars, this poster is very interesting because it shows on the one hand that the USSR succeeded for the first time to send a man on space safely and on the other hand the potential spread of communism in the world. The USA used the newspaper to show their superiority. We can see different newspapers who claimed the different American landing or tell the evolution of its opponent, the USSR.
In this poster we can see the 2 symbols of the USSR: The Hammer and the Stickle these 2 elements represent the Communist and the union of the industrial worker and the peasant in the background we can see the earth and some stars, this poster is very interesting because it shows on the one hand that the USSR succeeded for the first time to send a man on space safely and on the other hand the potential spread of communism in the world. The USA used the newspaper to show their superiority. We can see different newspapers who claimed the different American landing or tell the evolution of its opponent, the USSR.
For example, the Huntsville newspaper showed the Volstok 1 landing with Yuri Gagarin, and it is written “So Close, yet so far”, it means that the USA were going to send the Redstone Rocket a few weeks later but they were beaten by the USSR who land the first man on space.
. The Apollo 11 mission was very important for the world during the Cold War and it was covered by many newspapers and other medias all around the world like the New York Times or the Russian medias and also the French Newspaper Le Monde.
The Apollo 11 mission was very present In American society for example the stamp . The United States introduced this stamp (only in United State) a few days after the return of the Apollo 11 mission to never forget this success and to be proud to be an American citizen.
So we can see that the communication had taken a huge place in the Space Race, the two superpowers used the medias like the newspapers and the propaganda, it shows the different evolution of the space race and claimed the landing, the success of their own progress. As we said the Apollo 11 mission was covered by many newspapers and it might be one of the reasons of the success of the USA during the Cold War.