"The Right Stuff"

How were the US and the USSR competing in the film "The Right Stuff"? Explain who was winning the competition. What scenes from the film will help you remember this Cold War event.

The USSR were the first ones who sent a human to the space, rather than U.S that sent a monkey. U.S always were competing with Russia to be the best and #1 in every way.
However even though the Russian were the first ones in everything, at the end U.S finally gained power and became the most powerful country.
The best scene that can make me remember about Cold War, probably it's when U.S sent a monkey to the space first, but then few weeks later, Russia sent a human instead, and that's what made those countries get into a fight, and try to be the ones in the world.