Yuri Gagarin
in 1961
The answer to this Question is Yuri Gagarin.
The Space Shuttle
Alan Shepard (1st) and Gus Grissom (2nd) made sub orbital flight in a space craft. John Glen (3rd) made an orbital flight around the world in a space craft.
Vostok 1
Design and building of the US space shuttle began in the 1970's, and after many delays the first flight was in 1981.
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin on 12 April 1961 became the first human in outer space and the first to orbit the EarthSoviet Cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, made the first flight into space on April 12, 1961.
The first successful flight was made in 1903, by the wright brothers
Construction began in 1975 after it was done it arrived at KSC March 25,1979. It was prepared for flight starting March 19,1981 when it started ground testing. It made it's first flight April 12,1981.
John Glenn made America's first orbital flight on February 20,1962. The Russians beat us to it, but John Glenn was the first astronaut.
The Wright Brothers made their first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
April 12, 1961, which is now known as Cosmonaut's Day. Yuri Gagarin orbited the earth once, in a flight which took about 90 minutes. This made him the first human in space, and the first human to orbit the earth.