Space Race

First Satellite by USSR

Jul 10, 1957

First animal in space by USSR

Nov 3, 1957

First satellite in space by USA

Jan 31, 1958

Creation of NASA

Jul 29, 1958

First animal in space by USA (Ham the chimp)

Jan 31, 1961

First man in space by USSR

Apr 12, 1961

First man in space by USA

May 5, 1961

First man to orbit Earth by USA

Feb 20, 1962

JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

Sep 12, 1962

First man to do an EVA by USSR

Mar 18, 1965