Space race By cgrant16 Oct 4, 1957 spuntnik1 first artificial satellite in space May 5, 1961 Alan B, Shephard The first U.S. citizen in space Oct 6, 1961 cosmonaut yuri First human in space Oct 6, 1962 John Glenn The first U.S. citizen to orbit earth Jul 20, 1969 Apollo 11 Landed on the moon's surface. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, walked on the moon