I think it was Sputnik...
The first space capsule was named Vostok 1.
The name of the Space Capsule that carried the first American to space was "Freedom 7." It was piloted by Alan Shepard on May 5, 1961.
The Apollo 1 space capsule was invented in February of 1967.
The name of John Glenn's space capsule was Friendship 7.
Alan Shepard was the first person to go into space using a Mercury Capsule. His flight was sub-orbital, lasting about 15 minutes.
The first space capsule was named Vostok 1.
The name of the Space Capsule that carried the first American to space was "Freedom 7." It was piloted by Alan Shepard on May 5, 1961.
The Mercury capsule went to space in 1961. Although the Soviets had put a person in space first, Alan Shepard was the first American to fly the Mercury capsule in space.
The Apollo 1 space capsule was invented in February of 1967.
The name of John Glenn's space capsule was Friendship 7.
Alan Shepard was the first person to go into space using a Mercury Capsule. His flight was sub-orbital, lasting about 15 minutes.
The capsule in the Mercury space program was designed by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. It was known as the Mercury spacecraft, or "Freedom 7" for the first manned flight with Alan Shepard in 1961.
Yuri Gagarin's capsule was a Vostok 3KA-2, named Vostok 1.
If by a space capsule you mean a spacecraft that carried a person, the answer is no.
Yuri Gagarin, from Russia.
The first U.S. three-man capsule was named Apollo. The Russian three-man capsule is named the Soyuz, and is still in use today, carrying crew to and from the International Space Station.
Alan B. Shepard, Jr. became the first American astronaut to fly in space on May 5, 1961, in a Mercury capsule named Freedom 7 which was launched from a Redstone rocket.