Russia (at the time the Soviet Union) was the first country to send a man into space. The man was cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
The USA is the Only country to send men to the moon.
The space race was a competition between space agencies (historically those of the USA and the USSR) to be the first to accomplish a particular goal: the first to send a man in orbit around the earth, or the first to send a man to the moon.
The country to send the first man to the moon was the U.S.A.The only country to send men to the moon, and bring them back alive is the United States of American: 1969 - 1972.
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Russia (at the time the Soviet Union) was the first country to send a man into space. The man was cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
The former USSR was.
The USSR (Russia) was.
By own spacecraft:ChinaUsing other country's spacecraft:Czechoslovakia (using USSR Soyuz)
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The Sovjet Union was the first state to send a man-made satellite into space. It was launched on the 4th of October, 1957 and called Sputnik-1.
No. The USSR was, and the USA was next.
Chronologically . . . #1) . . . USSR #2) . . . USA
The USA is the Only country to send men to the moon.
The United States of America. (The USSR had the first satellite and person, but the US go to the moon first)
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space and he was from Russia.
To check that it would be safe to send humans at a later stage.