Space Race timeline

First Satellite in Space USSR

Oct 4, 1957

Sputnik 1 is the first satellite in space it was sent into orbit

First Animal in Space USSR

Nov 3, 1957

Dog Named Laika was the first dog and animal in space

First Satellite in Space USA

Jan 31, 1958

First satellite in space by the USA is the explorer 1

Creation of NASA

Jul 29, 1958

The founding of NASA was created in response to USSR's sputnik 1

First animal in space by USA

Dec 4, 1959

First animal in space by the us was a monkey named sam

First man in space by USSR

Apr 12, 1961

Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space sent by the ussr

First man to orbit Earth by USSR

Apr 12, 1961

Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space and sent into orbit by the USSR

First man in space by USA

May 5, 1961

Alan Shepherd was the first man in space sent by the USA

JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

May 25, 1961

JFK declares in his speech that America will go to the moon by the end of the decade

First man to orbit Earth by USA

Feb 20, 1962

John Glenn was the first ameican man to orbit the earth

First man to do an EVA by USSR

Mar 18, 1965

Alexi Leonov was the first Soviet man to do an EVA in space

First man to do an EVA by USA

Jun 3, 1965

Ed white was the first American man to perform a spacewalk on the Gemini 4