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  • First satellite in space by USSR

    First satellite in space by USSR

    Sputnik
  • First animal in space by USSR

    First animal in space by USSR

    the first animal to orbit around the earth in space was a dog named Laika
  • First satellite in space by USA

    First satellite in space by USA

    Explorer 1 was the first satellite and the first to carry science instruments.
  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA

    NASA has since sponsored space expeditions, both human and mechanical, that have yielded vital information about the solar system and universe.
  • First man in space by USSR

    First man in space by USSR

    The first man to travel to space was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He completed one orbit of Earth on April 12, 1961
  • First man in space by USA

    First man in space by USA

    The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet Air Force pilot who orbited the Earth
  • First man to orbit Earth by USA

    First man to orbit Earth by USA

    The first American to orbit the Earth was John Glenn. He accomplished this feat on February 20, 1962, aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft
  • First man to do an EVA by USSR

    First man to do an EVA by USSR

    while on the Soviet Voskhod 2 mission, Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov performed the world's first EVA.
  • First man to do an EVA by USA

    First man to do an EVA by USA

    Ed White became the first American to walk in space when he ventured outside the Gemini capsule into the vacuum of the cosmos.
  • JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    John F. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of Congress the ambitious goal of sending an American safely to the Moon before the end of the decade.
  • First animal in space by USA (Ham the chimp)

    First animal in space by USA (Ham the chimp)

    The first animal sent to space by the United States was a rhesus monkey named Albert II.