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No. The USSR was the first to launch any kind of space craft with the launch of "Sputnik 1" in 1957. The US was the first to send a man to the moon in 1969 with the Apollo 11 mission
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What was the first space shuttle to launch in space?
The first Space shuttle to launch was Columbia in April of 1981
Did the US launch first satellite into space?
No. The first satellite to be launched into space was Sputnik, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
What is the name of the first US space station launch in 1973?
It was called SKYLAB
Did space exploration began in the US?
Space Exploration did not begin in the US. The first country to successfully launch a human into outer space was the Soviet Union.
Did the US launch the first space satellite?
No..The Russians launched "Sputnik" into space on October 4th, 1957 before anyone else got into space.
What was the name of the first rocket the US sent up into space?
The first rocket the US sent up into space was the Jupiter C launch vehicle and its payload was Explorer 1 the first American Satellite.
.What was the First US Space Tragety?
The Apollo 1, was the First US Space tragedy. During a launch rehearsal test on January 27, 1967 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 killed all 3 crew members
What did the USSR accomplish before the US?
Sputnik, the first rocket into space many things to do with space: they got the first person into space the first satellite to launch into space the first orbit around the earth the first living being into space the first woman into space etc.
What was the first rocket to launch to space?
the first rocket was
What country launch the first space rocket?
The Soviet Union (Russia) was the first country to launch a successful space rocket, the R-7.
When will Moldova launch its first space satellite?
Not known, any studies for a launch !
What was the first space shuttle to launch?
The Columbia.
