Yuri Gagarin, who was not only the first Russian but the first human to orbit the earth.
April 12 ,1961
What nationaility was the first man to orbit the earth in the space craft
The first man made satellite to orbit the Earth was Sputnik 1, launched on 4th October 1957 by the Soviet Union Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet pilot, was the first man to reach orbit on 12th April 1961.
No country has ever orbited the earth. Scientists and engineers in the USSR placed the first man-made satellite in earth orbit, in 1957.
The USSR (Russia). Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet astronaut, was the first man in space on April 12, 1961.
Sputnik 1, the first man made object to orbit the earth. And we've been polluting like crazy up there ever since.
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, a soviet pilot, was the first human to be launched into space. His Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit around the earth in April of 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.
The Soviet Sputnik was the first artificial satellite of Earth. Sputnik was launched on October 4, 1957. The first U.S.A satellite was Explorer 1.
Yes, The first man-made object to orbit the Earth was the Soviet Sputnik launched on a converted ICBM in the International Geophysical Year. The first human to orbit the Earth was Soviet Yuri Gagarin who completed a 108 minute orbit in Vostok 1 in 1961. The first American to orbit the Earth was John Glenn in 1962.
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.
The Soviets, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the earth.