Columbia
India's space shuttles are known as the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) or the "Bhāratīya Antarikṣ Anusandhān Saṅgaṭhan" in Hindi.
The name of the first artificial satellite launched into space by India is Aryabhata. It was launched on April 19, 1975.
The name of the first Space Shuttle that was launched was Columbia. It embarked on its maiden voyage on April 12, 1981.
The first shuttle flight was Enterprise on February 18, 1977 aboard the carrier aircraft.The first operational launch was Columbia on April 21st 1981.See related link for a full detail of the Shuttles launch history
It was USSR (the Russian-led Soviet Union), who launched the Spotnik as the first man-made space-craft.
The name of the first satellite was Sputnik, which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
No space shuttle has been to the moon and back.
The name of the rocket that launched the first people on the moon was a Saturn V, on mission Apollo 11.
The first satellite from the United States launched into space was called Explorer 1. It was launched on January 31, 1958.
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Sputnik 1 USSR 1957
The name of the first animal into space (which was a dog) was Laika.