It was the Russian, Yuri Gagarin.
Russia.
A Russian named Yuri Gagarin became both the first human to travel into space, and the first to orbit the earth. Alan Shepard was the first American in space and the second person to travel into space.
Yuri Gagarin was the first human to travel in outer space on April 12th, 1961
Yuri Gagarin was the first human sent to space.
The first spaceship to be launched into space was Vostok 1, which was a Soviet spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel into space, in 1961.
Yuri Gregarian, from the, then, USSR (Soviet Union).
Yuri Gargarin Soviet cosmonaut in 1961.
The Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was launched in space in 1961.
Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel to space on the 12th of April 1961.
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human to travel into space, on 12 April 1961.
The first human to travel to space was Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut who orbited the Earth on April 12, 1961.
The first person in space was sent by the Soviet Union. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space on April 12, 1961.