is was a man called Yuri Gagarin, he was sent out by the USSR from Russia, he was Russian but he actually went to china to take off, he was not an astronaut but a comonaut, a cosmonaut is an astronaut from russia :) sorry if i went on too long about this subject
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He is Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin from the former Soviet Union (now Russia). The 27-year-old Soviet Air Force major made his flight Apr 12, 1961, lasting 108 minutes and orbiting Earth in a rocket-propelled, five-ton space capsule.
Neil Armstrong was the first person to land on the moon
The Mercury capsule went to space in 1961. Although the Soviets had put a person in space first, Alan Shepard was the first American to fly the Mercury capsule in space.
Neil Armstrong ( i don't remember when he went but he was the first person ) (^-^) thank q
Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin from the Soviet Union (now Russia).
You should ask the astronauts who went to space.Like the first person to step on the moon.
I'm not sure but i think its a chimp called Luna (or lunar)
yes, of course, the first animal that went to space was monkey.
The first shuttle that went into space was the Space Shuttle Columbia. It made a total of 28 missions. The shuttle was commanded by pilot John Young who was the first one to land it as well.
The first time the space shuttle went into orbit was April 12th, 1981
The first person in space was Yuri Gagarin. He came from the USSR (Russia), and he went back there almost immediately.
the first soviet who went to space in 1961 was alaxeyevich gagarin.
Buzz Aldrin went to space for the first time in 11November 1966.