- who: Soviet Union and United States
- where: space
- in 1960 the Corna program began
- in October1957, the Soviet Union launched the first satellite
- in 1958 NASA was created
- Gemini 3 launched on march 23, 1965 first multi person space flight of United States
- NASA launched Apollo 8 on December 21, 1968
- Apollo 11 mission began with its launched in 1969