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First satellite in space by USSR
Sputnik 1 was the first satellite launched in space by the Soviet Union -
First animal in space by USSR
The dog Laika was the first animal to do an orbital spaceflight around the earth on the Sputnik 2 -
First satellite in space by USA
The Explorer 1 was the first successful satellite launched into space -
Creation of NASA
President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act -
First animal in space by USA
Ham the Chimp was sent on a suborbital flight at three and a half years old -
First man in space by USA
Alan Shepard was the first U.S man sent into space with the Freedom 7 capsule -
First man in space by USSR
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space and rode on the Vostok 1 -
JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon
"Should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." -
First man to orbit Earth by USA
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth inside the Friendship 7 capsule -
Gemini 1
Was to test the basic structural soundness of the Gemini capsule under launch and orbital conditions -
First man to do an EVA by USSR
Alexei Leonov spent 12 minutes and 9 seconds outside the the Voskhod -
Gemini 3
Was piloted by Gus Grissom and John Young to test the basic system of The Gemini spacecraft -
First man to do an EVA by USA
Edward White was the first American man to perform an EVA (ExtraVehicular Activity) -
Original Gemini 9 Crew
Elliot See and Charles Bassett were killed in a crash while flying a T-38 jet trainer -
Gemini 12
Was the last crewed flight of the Gemini series by Jim Lovell Buzz Aldrin -
Original Apollo 1 Crew
Virgil Grissom, Edward White, Roger Chaffee were killed after the command module caught on fire -
Apollo 7
Was to test the Command and Service Modules for more complex missions by Glynn Lunney, Gene Kranz, and Gerry Griffin -
Apollo 8
Was to develop orbital experience with deep space navigation, communication, and tracking lead by Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bull Anders -
Apollo 9
Verifying the spacecraft for lunar flying and docked vehicle functions in Earth's orbit lead by James McDivitt, David Scott, and Russell Schweickart -
Apollo 10
To see mission support facilities performance during a crewed mission to lunar orbit lead by Eugene Cernan, John Young, and Thomas Stafford -
Apollo 11
Mission to land on the moon lead by Neil Armstrong, Micheal Collins Buzz Aldrin