The “first” space race began as the United States and the Soviet Union tried to become the global force in spaceflight. This race peaked on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11, a crewed spacecraft, landed on the moon. Check Out a time series plot summarizing the first space race: the race for spaceflight superiority by countries
USA really slowed down in launches or the provate launces took over?
Failure rate of the goverment launches were almost in line with that of start ups and almost double that of private companies