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Yuri Gagarin was the first human to orbit the Earth in 1962; that helped further the "space race."
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y ago1957, I believe, a Russian capsule called Sputnik.
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What john Glenn was first to do?
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth.
Who was the first human to orbit the earth?
The first person to orbit the Earth was the Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin.
Was American or Soviets the first to orbit the Earth?
The Soviets, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the earth.
Who was the first Soviet man to orbit the earth?
Yuri Gagarin, who was not only the first Russian but the first human to orbit the earth.
What nationaility was the first man to orbit the earth in the spacecraft?
What nationaility was the first man to orbit the earth in the space craft
What was the first living creature to orbit the earth?
Many think that some bacteria may have been the first to orbit the Earth.
Who was the first female hipanic austronaut to orbit earth?
the first female hispanic astronaut to orbit earth was Ellen Lauri Ochoa
First human sent into space and first to orbit the earth?
Yuri Gagarin was the first human both sent to space and also to orbit the Earth.
First to orbit a manned spacecraft around the earth and recover both the spacecraft and the astronaut?
The USSR put Yury Gagarin into earth orbit. He was the first man in space and the first to orbit the earth on April 12, 1961. Mercury
Which country was the first to orbit the Earth?
No country has ever orbited the earth. Scientists and engineers in the USSR placed the first man-made satellite in earth orbit, in 1957.
Was John Glenn the American to orbit the earth?
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth. The previous US flights had been sub-orbital. Yuri Gagarin of the USSR had earlier been the first human to orbit earth.
What was the name of the first space station to orbit the earth?
The first space station created only to orbit the earth was called plain old, 'Space Shuttle.'
