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First satellite in space by USSR
Sputnik -
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
Explorer 1 was the first satellite and the first to carry science instruments. -
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
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
The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet Air Force pilot who orbited the Earth -
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
while on the Soviet Voskhod 2 mission, Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov performed the world's first EVA. -
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
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)
The first animal sent to space by the United States was a rhesus monkey named Albert II.