The first South African space tourist was Mark Shuttleworth. He was the first from an African country to travel into space.
Yuri Gagarin - a Russian cosmonaut.
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.
There are a variety of countries that have gotten started in space exploration. The first two countries to explore this possibility were the United States and the U.S.S.R.
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.
The first person in space was Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin.
who was the first African American to travel in space
The first American lady to travel in space was Sally Ride.
Valentina Tereshkova (a Russian) was the first woman to travel in space.
the monkey was the first mammle to travel to space.
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.
The space race was started by the USSR on October 4, 1957 with the launch of Sputnik 1.