Which portion of the Space Race did the United States complete before the Soviet Union?

The United States landed astronauts on the Moon in July 1969 during Apollo 11. The Soviet Union never completed a crewed Moon landing, so the United States achieved this milestone first. The Soviet Union launched the first unmanned satellite, Sputnik 1, and the first human into space, so those were not U.S. firsts.

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