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Yuri Gagarin was the first person to go to space on April 12 1961 and returned safely.
He was the first human to go into space and return safely.
After going into space, yes, he returned to Earth safely.
The first space rocket to reach the moon and return safely was Apollo 8, which launched on December 21, 1968. During the mission, astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders orbited the moon before returning to Earth on December 27, 1968.
Laika was a Soviet space dog who became the first animal to orbit the Earth aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft in 1957. She was launched into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in present-day Kazakhstan. Unfortunately, Laika did not survive the mission, as the technology to safely return animals from space had not yet been developed.
Yuri Gagarin was the first person to go to space on April 12 1961 and returned safely.
He was the first human to go into space and return safely.
Laika the dog was the first animal in space. She was sent up by the Soviet Union during the space race to see if it were possible to have a live creature in space. Unfortunetly they had no way to safely bring her home alive so she died while in space.
After going into space, yes, he returned to Earth safely.
The first space rocket to reach the moon and return safely was Apollo 8, which launched on December 21, 1968. During the mission, astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders orbited the moon before returning to Earth on December 27, 1968.
Laika was a Soviet space dog who became the first animal to orbit the Earth aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft in 1957. She was launched into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in present-day Kazakhstan. Unfortunately, Laika did not survive the mission, as the technology to safely return animals from space had not yet been developed.
The U.S. program to land humans on the moon and return them safely to Earth.
Laika and Belka were two Soviet space dogs who were part of the Soviet space program during the 1950s and 1960s. Laika became the first animal to orbit Earth aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957, while Belka and her companion Strelka were the first living creatures to safely return from space in 1960.
The first space shuttle to fly after Challenger was Discovery, which completed its mission STS-26 in September 1988. Discovery was chosen for this mission due to its robust design and ability to safely return to flight.
Belka and Strelka were the first animal pair to orbit the Earth. They were two dogs that were launched into space aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 5 on August 19, 1960, and safely returned to Earth.
Laika was a Soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth.
First one was an insect, they were fruitflies. The Soviets launched 2 dogs, and were the first living higher organisms to succesfly recover from a spaceflight.