It may have been. But if they did, then he didn't come back alive, otherwise they
would have publicized the event. Since there was no earlier public announcement,
we must assume that the first man flung into space from Earth was Yuri Gagarin
from the USSR.
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No. The USSR was, and the USA was next.
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russia was the first to go into space with sputnick
The first country to send a woman to space was the Soviet Union (now Russia). Valentina Tereshkova, a Soviet cosmonaut, became the first woman to travel to space in 1963.
The first two countries to put astronauts into space were the Soviet Union and the United States. The third country to have a citizen enter space was Czechoslovakia. The third country to launch their own citizen into space was China. The third country to achieve launch capability was France. The third country to put a satellite into space was Canada.
The former USSR was.
China
The first satellite launched by China was Dong Fang Hong 1 (DFH-1), which took place on April 24, 1970. This satellite was part of China's efforts to develop its space capabilities and marked the country’s entry into the space age. Dong Fang Hong 1 was used primarily for scientific research and broadcasting purposes, and it successfully transmitted signals back to Earth. Its launch made China the fifth country in the world to independently send a satellite into orbit.
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Germany launched the first rocket into space. This rocket was the first one that actually could "reach space". China was the first one to launch a rocket, but it exploded in midair, lost power and fell, etc... and was more like fireworks or missiles than rockets.Of course, even if it reached space, it didn't get so far.