The Explorer but it wasnt a rocket, it was a satellite
Sputnik I, launched on October 4, 1957, was the first man-made object to successfully achieve Earth orbit.It was followed by Sputnik II on Sputnik 2, on November 3, 1957.The first US satelllite was Explorer I, launched on January 31, 1958.
Sputnik 1, launched by the USSR (Russia) on October 4, 1957, was the first artificial satellite to successfully achieve Earth orbit. There had been several previous unsuccessful attempts by the USSR and the USA.
The second attempt to launch Sputnik 3 was successfully done on may 15 1958.
The first man-made object to successfully be placed in Earth orbit was dubbed "Sputnik". It was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ... part of the USSR at the time ... on October 4, 1957.
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched the first satellite into space, named as Sputnik I.
The first man-made object to successfully accomplish insertion into earth orbit was Sputnik-1,launched by the USSR in October, 1957.
Sputnik was the first artificial satellite.
Sputnik I, launched on October 4, 1957, was the first man-made object to successfully achieve Earth orbit.It was followed by Sputnik II on Sputnik 2, on November 3, 1957.The first US satelllite was Explorer I, launched on January 31, 1958.
The first "rocket" successfully launched into space was actually a V-2 missile. The first rocket-ship that was successfully launched into space used rocket engines. A rocket engine pushes the rocket forward by expelling its exhaust in the opposite direction at a high speed.
The first successful US satellite was Explorer I, launched on January 31, 1958, four months after the USSR's Sputnik I and 3 months after Sputnik 2.
Sputnik 1, launched by the USSR (Russia) on October 4, 1957, was the first artificial satellite to successfully achieve Earth orbit. There had been several previous unsuccessful attempts by the USSR and the USA.
The first man made object to be launched into orbit successfully.
Sputnik 1 was invented by the Soviet Union and was launch on October 4, 1957. It was the first artificial satellite successfully launched.
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.
The name of the first satellite was Sputnik, which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
USSR's Sputnik was the first rocket to go to space successfully probably ade a lot before though.
The first modern rocket to be successfully launched was in 1926, created by Robert H. Goddard the father of modern rocketry, and named Nell.