No. "Sputnik" was the first UNMANNED satellite to orbit the Earth, and was launched on October 4, 1957. Yuri Gagarin was a cosmonaut for the Soviet Union. On April 12, 1961, he became the first human being to travel into space. His spacecraft was called "Vostok I" and it completed a single orbit of the earth in 1 hour and 48 minutes.
Yuri Gagarin was Russian, and the first man in space.
He was a Russian cosmonaut and the first man into space in April 1961
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin was the first man (and first Russian) to be put in space.
The Russian, Yuri Gagarin, was the first man in space.
Major Yuri Gagarin was a Russian cosmonaut , he was the first man in space.
Yuri Gagarin, Russian Cosmonaut
It was the Russian, Yuri Gagarin.
He was a Russian called Yuri Gagarin from the USSR.
The Russian space program in the 1960s was known as the Soviet space program. It was responsible for significant achievements such as launching the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, and sending the first human, Yuri Gagarin, into space.
Russian. His name was Yuri Gagarin
A Russian: Uri Gagarin