Da farko dai, kungiyar Soviet ta yi amfani da ta karfafa tauraron dan adam na Sputnik a shekarar 1957.
An kafa Nasa a cikin 1958 saboda ci gaban kungiyar Soviet a cikin fasahar sararin samaniya.
Babban matakin Amurka a cikin sararin samaniya shine lokacin da suka kafa mutum na farko a cikin wata a cikin 1969.
Aikace-hanver na farko na farko wadanda suka yi jirgin saman sararin samaniya, John Glenn, dattijan Amurka ne.
Yuri Gagarin, 'yar sararin samaniya ta Soviet wacce ta fara jirgin sama, shekara 27 yayin yin hakan.
Neil Armstrong, mutum na farko ya sauka a kan wata, ya bar wani shahararren saƙo a wurin: karamin mataki ga mutum, babbar hanya ce ta tsawon dan adam.
A shekarar 1965, Alexei Leonov ya zama mutum na farko da ya yi sararin samaniya.
Tuutar saman sararin samaniya ta zama abin hawa na farko da NASA ta yi amfani da shi akai-akai daga 1981 zuwa 2011.
Tsakanin 1961 da 1975, Tarayyar Soviet da za ta aiwatar da karin jiragen saman kayan sararin samaniya fiye da Amurka.
Akwai fasaiyoyi da yawa a cikin tseren sararin samaniya da yanzu ake amfani dasu a rayuwar yau da kullun, kamar fasahar GPS da aka yi amfani da su a cikin rokoki.
