The First Cat in space was Félicette, launched in October 18, 1963.
France, on October 18 1963, launched the first cat into space (named "Felix").
The first space craft was Sputnik, which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
The first space shuttle was first launched in 1981.
France is the only country that launched cats into space experimentally. Félicette the cat (a female) was launched in 1963, and mercifully survived. Another cat they launched, died. I do not know the name or gender of the second one. All other nations use dogs, monkeys, rats, insects, and fish. And since the sixties, France has yet to use cats again. When Iran launched animals into space earlier this year (February 2010), they used turtles and worms and a mouse.
Many countries launched Chandrayaan-1 into space but USA launched it first and also launched it second .
No. The first satellite to be launched into space was Sputnik, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
North Korea launched its first satellite into space in 2009.
America's first satellite launched into outer space was called the Explorer 1, and was launched in 1958.
It was USSR (the Russian-led Soviet Union), who launched the Spotnik as the first man-made space-craft.
Russia
The first spaceship to be launched into space was Vostok 1, which was a Soviet spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel into space, in 1961.
The first technology launched in the space was the Soviet Union's Sputnik I. The space technology was launched on October 4, 1957.