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The Soviet Union (Russia) was the first country to send an artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, into space in 1957.
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Russia first sent a human into space on 12 April, 1961. The pilot and sole traveller Yuri Gagarin was also the first ever human in space.
The Sovjet Union was the first state to send a man-made satellite into space. It was launched on the 4th of October, 1957 and called Sputnik-1.
Russia sent a dog. The USA sent a chimp.
No, Russia was the first country to send up a object to space.The answer above is not correct.The first object sent into space was a German V2 in 1942. There even is a movie showing the first images of space.Soviet Union sent the first flight with an animal (the Dog Laïka), and the first flight with a human (Yuri Gagarine)
russia was the first to go into space with sputnick
Just because they can....
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 nation to send a human into space was Russia (or rather, the former Soviet Union) with the successful launch of Yuri Gagarin in 1961.