This was the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who made a complete orbit of the Earth in his Vostok rocket on 12th April 1961.
Tragically, he was killed in a jet aircraft crash in March 1968.
It was a German rocket in 1944.
The first rocket to reach "space" was a German V-2 (the A4 rocket weapon) launched during World War II. According to test records, the first rocket to reach "space" was likely the fourth test launch on October 3, 1942.
to go to space
the pressure from the the rocket's fuel thingy makes the rocket go up. pretty soon, the rocket is in space.
The first monkeys in space were NOT in an aircraft, but in a V2 rocket made in Germany in WW2 and brought to USA after the war.
It was a German rocket in 1944.
The first rocket to reach "space" was a German V-2 (the A4 rocket weapon) launched during World War II. According to test records, the first rocket to reach "space" was likely the fourth test launch on October 3, 1942.
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to go to space
in a rocket
The first monkeys in space were NOT in an aircraft, but in a V2 rocket made in Germany in WW2 and brought to USA after the war.
the pressure from the the rocket's fuel thingy makes the rocket go up. pretty soon, the rocket is in space.
USSR's Sputnik was the first rocket to go to space successfully probably ade a lot before though.
The first rocket to reach space was the German V2, created largely by Wernher von Braun to deliver bombs during World War 2. It was launched October 3, 1942.
Yuri Gagarin was the first person to ever go into space
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Yuri Gagarin was the first person to ever go into space. He was a Russian cosmonaut.