"The Right Stuff"

During the Cold war, the United Statesm and Russia competed in different ways. One way was called the 'Space Race'. Both nations were trying to succesfully launch to outer space. Russia was always one step ahead, and won this race. They even made a fool out of the U.S.
The United States were sending chimpanzees in the rockets to go outer space. However, they failed. Russia went into outer space first, and with a human.

On the contrary, the United states did eventually catch up and surpass the Russians by sending the first man in the moon - Neil Armstrong.
Did you know?
The first human to travel in space was Yuri Gagarin, in April of 1961.