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What was the name of the cosmonaut in the soviet spacecraft sputnik 2?
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The Sputnik craft were very small, unmanned satellites. But the Sputnik 2 carried a dog called Laika into space.
The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin, aboard Vostok 1.
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What is the meaning of the name of the Russian spacecraft 'Sputnik'?
Sputnik means "fellow traveler" in Russian.
What is the name of the first spacecraft to orbit the Earth?
The Sputnik I believe.
What is the name of the first rocket in space?
The first rocket to reach space was the German V2 in the 1940s. The first spacecraft to achieve orbit was the Soviet Sputnik, launched in 1957.
What is the name for a space explorer from the soviet union called?
Cosmonaut.
What was the name of the first spacecraft?
The first spacecraft was named "Sputnik" and was launched by the Russians in 1957.
What was the name of the spacecraft that sent a dog to space?
Laika was the 1st animal to orbit the earth. Launched on November 3rd, 1957 in the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 it died after several hours.The launch vehicle was the Soviet R-7/SS-6 ICBM (Inter Continental Ballistic Missile).
Is Sputnik french?
No THe series of satellites sharing the name Sputnik were launched by the Russiansm the Soviet Union.
Whast was the name of the first spacecraft to land on earth?
The first spacecraft carrying a human to land safely was Vostok 1 carrying cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
What was the name of the soviet satellite put in orbit in 1957?
Sputnik
Who was the first pirsion in space?
Soviet cosmonaut by the name of Yuri Gagarin. He did so in 1961.
What is the name of the spacecraft which has flown laikaa dogthe first creature into outer space?
It was called Sputnik.
What was the name of the first soviet satellite launched into orbit?
Sputnik-1
