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first animal in space by USSR
dog laika -
First satellite in space by USA
Explorer 1 -
Creation of NASA
NASA -
First animal in space by USA (Ham the chimp)
Chimpanzee was launched on a rocket and returned to earth -
First man in space by USSR
Gagarin -
First man to orbit Earth by USA
John H. Glenn, Jr -
JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon
The speech was about how he wanted to send an american to the moon safely. -
First man to do an EVA by USSR
cosmonaut Alexei Leonov -
First man to do an EVA by USA
Ed White -
First man in space by USA
Alan Shepard -
First satellite in space by USSR
Sputnik