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
No. The first satellite to be launched into space was Sputnik, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
The first Space shuttle to launch was Columbia in April of 1981
Space Exploration did not begin in the US. The first country to successfully launch a human into outer space was the Soviet Union.
No..The Russians launched "Sputnik" into space on October 4th, 1957 before anyone else got into space.
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
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.
The first shuttle launch was April 12, 1981. It was called STS-1
Design and building of the US space shuttle began in the 1970's, and after many delays the first flight was in 1981.
Basically the Successful Launch of Sputnik I by then USSR started the Space race as US Space programme till then was not integrated and successful launch of SputnikI triggred 1)formation of NASA 2)passing of Space act by US congress 3)allocation of funds for the space projects.
Not known, any studies for a launch !
The Columbia.
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