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The last person said Christopher Columbus ... which is wrong. He was the first person to sail around the world, thus proving it was round; but Christopher Columbus never "sailed around the world" and he certainly didn't prove that the earth was round. Babylonian and Greek mariners knew the Earth was round over 2500 years ago. They knew because ships appeared to go below the horizon as they sailed. There's really no way to know who first realized it is round.
The first practical proof that the earth was in fact a sphere was provided by Ferdinand Magellan (and Juan Sebastian Elcano) when they circumnavigated Earth (1519−1521).
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∙ 10y agoEratosthenes a Greek mathematician sometime during the 3rd century BC
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∙ 12y agoYuri gagarin
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∙ 14y agoUri Gagarin 12th. April 1961
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∙ 15y agoA Russian Cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin
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∙ 14y agoFerdinand Magellan.
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What nationaility was the first man to orbit the earth in the spacecraft?
What nationaility was the first man to orbit the earth in the space craft
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
When was first man launched in orbit?
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.
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.
Which country was the first to orbit the Earth?
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 spacecraft?
What nationaility was the first man to orbit the earth in the space craft
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 first major space mission to put a human in orbit around the earth?
The Russian put the first man in earth orbit, he was Yuri Gagarin in the year 1961.
Was American or Soviets the first to orbit the Earth?
The Soviets, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the earth.
Who was the first Soviet man to orbit the earth?
Yuri Gagarin, who was not only the first Russian but the first human to orbit the earth.
Who was the first man to theoriz that the earth revolved around the sun?
Aristrachus of SamosThe first man to theorize that the Earth revolved around the sun is believed to be Nicolas Copernicus. In the 1500s he speculated that rather than the sun circling the Earth, the Earth may actually orbit the sun.
Who Was the first man to theorize that the earth revolved around the sun.?
Aristrachus of SamosThe first man to theorize that the Earth revolved around the sun is believed to be Nicolas Copernicus. In the 1500s he speculated that rather than the sun circling the Earth, the Earth may actually orbit the sun.
When was first man launched in orbit?
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.
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.
Who was the first man or women to orbit the EARTH?
Yuri Gargarin
Which country was the first to orbit the Earth?
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 name of the first satellite to go around the earth?
Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, was the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth.
