The Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was launched in space in 1961.
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The first nation to send a human into space was Russia (or rather, the former Soviet Union) with the successful launch of Yuri Gagarin in 1961.
The first person to travel in space was Yuri Gagarin sent by Russia / the Soviet Union.
Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union, was the first human-made object to orbit the Earth. That launch took place on 4 October 1957
The term "cosmonaut" was first used in 1955, before the launch of the first human-made satellite, Sputnik, by the Soviet Union in 1957. It is used to describe astronauts from Russia or former Soviet republics.
Russia first sent a human into space on 12 April, 1961. The pilot and sole traveller Yuri Gagarin was also the first ever human in space.
The first person in space was sent by the Soviet Union. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space on April 12, 1961.
The Soviet Union (Russia) was the first country to put a man into orbit. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space and orbit the Earth on April 12, 1961, aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
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Mercury Freedom 7, carrying Alan Shepard, was the first launch of a human astronaut by the US and the second launch of a human into space.
Yuri Gagarin, a cosmonaut of the USSR (Soviet Union, now Russia) completed the first manned orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961. He was the "first man in space".