Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the Earth in a spacecraft, was from the Soviet Union (modern-day Russia). He completed his historic orbit on April 12, 1961, aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
There are many satellites that orbit the earth in a day or less. All of them are man made. The only real satellite that orbits the earth is the moon. That takes 28 days to complete a single orbit.
The first man to orbit the Earth three times was John Glenn. He accomplished this historic feat on February 20, 1962, during the Friendship 7 mission.
The Soviet Union was the first country to orbit the Earth, with the launch of the satellite Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957.
Yuri Gagarin in the Vostok 1 spacecraft in 1961.
The Soviets, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the earth.
Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the Earth in a spacecraft, was from the Soviet Union (modern-day Russia). He completed his historic orbit on April 12, 1961, aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
Yuri Gagarin, who was not only the first Russian but the first human to orbit the earth.
Yuri Gargarin
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There are many satellites that orbit the earth in a day or less. All of them are man made. The only real satellite that orbits the earth is the moon. That takes 28 days to complete a single orbit.
First man to orbit the Earth.
John Herschel Glenn, Jr.
April 12 ,1961
The first man made object put into Earth orbit.
The Daily Orbit - 2012 The Man Who Fell to Earth 1-22 was released on: USA: 26 September 2012
To put a man into orbit around the Earth, and do it before the Americans did.