The USSR launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, into orbit on the 4th of October, 1957.
Well the Russians were the only nation to launch Sputnik so yes.
No, Russia has not launched a manned mission to the Moon. They have, however, launched and landed a number of robotic missions there.
The first manned rover was flown aboard the US Apollo 15 mission. The first unmanned rover was a Soviet vehicle.
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin of Russia was the first cosmonaut to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961.
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Sputnik was the first spacecraft put into orbit, and was done by the Russians during the "space race".It was important to America because we were in competition with the Russians and wanted to get there first.
Before Sputnik, America was in a "battle" with Russia on space flight. America wanted to be the first in space, on the moon, and have the first satellite orbit the Earth. - When Sputnik (Russian Satellite) went into space, tension was created by which we had lost part of the Space Race. It put Russia ahead of America in the Space Race.
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The Russians started the Space Race by launching Sputnik the first satellite, which then provoked fear in the Americans to begin development of their own satellites.
Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite.
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No. Sputnik was launched in 1957
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