Depends upon the origin of the Space Ship, its Aeroform dynamics, Class, freight/cargo, vector and speed, propulsion, pilot/controller, prevalent environmental conditions and so on!!!
technically it was not a race the countries just wanted to send the first person to space. unfortunately Russia won on on April 12 1961 followed by America on May 5 1961
Most space shuttle missions have been to the International Space Station. The correct term would be to dock at the station, not to land there (since it is not located on land, but is floating in...
Since their is no air friction and less gravity in space, the spacecrafts do not keep on using their engines through out their whole trip. They reach their desired speed and then they shut off ther...