The first man made craft was the Russian craft Sputnik.
The first ever manned mission was done on April 12, 1961, by Yuri Gagarin (USSR).
The First EVER spacecraft was the unmanned Soviet Union's Luna 2. The Second and first MANNED mission was America's Apollo 11
No, only the United States has successfully launched manned spacecraft to the Moon as part of the Apollo program. The USSR, now Russia, did not land astronauts on the Moon but did achieve significant milestones in space exploration, such as launching the first human into space with Yuri Gagarin in 1961.
Yes. Apollo 11 was the first Apollo mission to successfully land on the moon, but it was not the first ever US spacecraft to land on the moon, though it was the first spacecraft to successfully carry people to the moon.
Sputnik from Russia.
yes it was liaka it died on the first ever manned or we can say dogged mission 2 space by russia
The USSR's Vostok 1 was the first ever spacecraft to carry a man into space.
Skylab in 1973 was considered the first space station. It was a US mission that once docked with the Russian Syouz spacecraft.
yes but not a manned one
Space Shuttles are designed only for Earth orbiting missions and none has ever gone to the moon. The first manned space craft to reach the moon (in 1969) was an Apollo program Lunar Lander called Eagle.
Yes, Dr. Richard M. Linnehan was a mission specialist on several manned space flights.
Luna-2 was the first craft to impact the moon (12 Sep 1959). Luna-9 accomplished the first soft landing on the moon (31 Jan 1966). Apollo 11 was the first manned craft to land on the moon (21 Jul 1969).