No, the Russian's Sputnik was unmanned.
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The world's first artificial satellite, the Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
No, Sputnik was not a shuttle. Sputnik was the world's first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. A shuttle typically refers to a spacecraft like the Space Shuttle used by NASA for manned spaceflight missions.
The first manned space project was Vostok, a program by the Soviet Union that launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into space in 1961, making him the first human to orbit the Earth.
The first manned orbital capsule was Vostok 1, which was launched by the Soviet Union on April 12, 1961, carrying cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. This mission made Gagarin the first human in space.
Sputnik is typically silver or metallic in color.