Space Race

BelligerentsUnited StatesSoviet UnionCommanders and leadersDwight Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Wernher von Braun
T. Keith Glennan
James E. Webb
Thomas O. Paine
James C. FletcherNikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Sergei Korolev
Vasily Mishin
Valentin Glushko
Kerim Kerimov
Mstislav Keldysh
Mikhail Yangel
Vladimir Chelomey
Viktor Makeyev
Boris ChertokCasualties and losses

United States

• 1 (During spaceflight)
• 8 (During training or testing)

Soviet Union

• 4 (During spaceflight)
• 1 (During training or testing)