the space shuttle (discovery) was the first manned space ship that was reuseable.
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It was the Russian with their Sputnik.
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Space Ship 1
The first ship in space was the Soviet spacecraft Vostok 1, which was launched on April 12, 1961, carrying cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. This historic mission made Gagarin the first human to travel into space and orbit Earth.
The first reusable space ship was the Space Shuttle created by NASA. Named Space Shuttle Columbia.
Space ship is a misnomer because it goes into space but it's not a ship.
The first American satellite (space ship) was Explorer I, launched in 1958.
sputnik in 1957
Neil Armstrong