Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut. He completed his one orbit on April 12, 1961.
John Glenn
John Glenn
No. Yuri Gagarin, a citizen of the USSR, preceded him.
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth.
The Soviets, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the earth.
The first person to orbit the Earth was the Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin.
Yuri Gagarin, who was not only the first Russian but the first human to orbit the earth.
Many think that some bacteria may have been the first to orbit the Earth.
Yuri Gagarin was the first human both sent to space and also to orbit the Earth.
the first female hispanic astronaut to orbit earth was Ellen Lauri Ochoa
No country has ever orbited the earth. Scientists and engineers in the USSR placed the first man-made satellite in earth orbit, in 1957.
What nationaility was the first man to orbit the earth in the space craft