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First to orbit a manned spacecraft around the earth and recover both the spacecraft and the astronaut?

The USSR put Yury Gagarin into earth orbit. He was the first man in space and the first to orbit the earth on April 12, 1961. Mercury


What was the name of the first manned spacecraft to return safeley to earth?

Vostok I.


What was the name of the spacecraft on the first manned orbit of the earth?

Vostok 1.


What project involved the goal of orbiting a manned spacecraft around earth?

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What was the goal of the mercury program?

The objectives of the program, which made six manned flights from 1961 to 1963, were specific: To orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth;


What First to orbit a manned spacecraft around the earth and recover both the spacecraft and the astronaut?

The Russian Aviation and Space Agency now known as ROSCOSMOS was the first, The cosmonauts name was Yuri Gagarin and the craft was called the Vostok 1.


What year was the first US manned orbit of the Earth?

The first time a u.S spacecraft orbitted the earth was in 1962 , the astronaut was John Glenn.


Which country first put a manned spacecraft into orbit?

The Soviet Union takes credit for sending the first man into orbit around the earth. However, since, Yuri Gagarin did not land in his capsule, it technically does not count as an official orbit. Still, no one disputes that Gagarin did in fact orbit the earth. The first person to orbit the earth and land in his spacecraft was John Glenn of the United States.


What was the name of the manned spacecraft to return safely to earth?

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When were spaceships first created?

The first man-made machine of any kind to enter space was the V-2 rocket in the 1940s. The first to orbit around the Earth was Sputnik 1 in 1957. The first manned spacecraft was Vostok 1 in 1961.


What is the first manned orbital capsule?

The first manned orbital capsule was the Vorstok 1, manned by soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.


Apollo 8 was the first mission to do what?

In December 1968 Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to go to the moon, orbit it and return to Earth. The astronauts did not land on the moon.