The former USSR was.
russia was the first to go into space with sputnick
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The USSR (Russia) was.
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The USSR (Russia). Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet astronaut, was the first man in space on April 12, 1961.
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No. The USSR was, and the USA was next.
The USSR (now called Russia) sent the first unmanned and manned satellites into earth orbit.
forever. They did not bring him back sadly
Yes, The first man-made object to orbit the Earth was the Soviet Sputnik launched on a converted ICBM in the International Geophysical Year. The first human to orbit the Earth was Soviet Yuri Gagarin who completed a 108 minute orbit in Vostok 1 in 1961. The first American to orbit the Earth was John Glenn in 1962.
The first country to launch a satellite into space was Russia, under the Soviet Union. The satellite was 'Sputnik 1'. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It's launch sparked a crisis within the US which precipitated the space race during the Cold War.
what International Space Station is the first fully functioning space station to orbit the earth.