The most recent (15 July, 2012) manned launch was Soyuz TMA-05M carring 1 Russian, 1 American, and 1 Japanese Astronaut to the ISS
It named Terra.
India has no space shuttles.
The USSR sent the first animals into space.
Laika a dog was the first animal in space it was sent by the soviet union
Russia
Russia
US
Russia sent a dog before the US sent chimps.
Yes, it can be say that a astronaut is a scientist , as astronaut which were sent by space agencies are trained . astronaut is also be a an engineer as the modeler of the spacecraft.
The USA sent the first mammal into space, it was a monkey.
the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union sent the first man, Yuri Gagarin, into space on April 12, 1961.