The US responded to the USSR sending a man to space by increasing funding for their own space program, NASA, and accelerating their efforts to send a man to the moon. This led to the Apollo program and ultimately, the US successfully landing the first humans on the moon in 1969.
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He was a Russian called Yuri Gagarin from the USSR.
It was a 'race' between the two superpowers during the cold war era, USA and the USSR. Both countries can claim different victories, USSR sending the first man into space, who made one complete orbit of the earth. The USA were the first to land a man on the moon in June 1969.
The country that achieved these space milestones is the Soviet Union. Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space, Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman, Laika the dog was the first animal, and Sputnik was the first satellite.
He was from the USSR, the first man in space.
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The USSR put Yuri Gagarin space in 1961
First man and satellite in space.
WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE USSR WHEN YURI GAGARIN BECAME THE FIRST MAN TO GO INTO SPACE
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Alexi Leonov was the first man in space and he was from the USSR.
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. (USSR)
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The first man to go into space was a man called Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. (USSR). He didn't land anywhere but was the first man in space. Quite an achievement don't you think