The USSR sent Yuri Gagarin into space on April 12, 1961.
About three weeks later, the US launched Alan Shepard on May 5, 1961 aboard the Freedom 7.
Russia (at the time the Soviet Union) was the first country to send a man into space. The man was cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
The United States.
The space race was a competition between space agencies (historically those of the USA and the USSR) to be the first to accomplish a particular goal: the first to send a man in orbit around the earth, or the first to send a man to the moon.
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in outer space he was Russian
Russia
Russia (at the time the Soviet Union) was the first country to send a man into space. The man was cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
The former USSR was.
The USSR (Russia) was.
Ussr
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.
The United States.
No. The USSR was, and the USA was next.
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space and he was from Russia.
The United States of America. (The USSR had the first satellite and person, but the US go to the moon first)
Chronologically . . . #1) . . . USSR #2) . . . USA
The space race was a competition between space agencies (historically those of the USA and the USSR) to be the first to accomplish a particular goal: the first to send a man in orbit around the earth, or the first to send a man to the moon.
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in outer space he was Russian