The first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon was the Apollo 8 spacecraft.
The first manned mission that went into orbit around the moon was Apollo 8, commanded by Frank Borman.
The first person to orbit a manned spacecraft around the Earth and return safely was Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union in 1961 aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft. He completed one orbit during his mission.
Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon on Christmas Eve in 1968.
A manned American Apollo spacecraft and the manned Soviet Soyuz spacecraft for the Soyuz 19 mission, docks in orbit, marking the first such link up between spacecraft from the 2 nations.
Apollo 7. Apollo 1 was to have been the first manned mission, but a fire during training killed all three astronauts in the capsule that should have taken them on the first mission.
The first manned mission that went into orbit around the moon was Apollo 8, commanded by Frank Borman.
The first person to orbit a manned spacecraft around the Earth and return safely was Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union in 1961 aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft. He completed one orbit during his mission.
Vostok 1.
Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon on Christmas Eve in 1968.
A manned American Apollo spacecraft and the manned Soviet Soyuz spacecraft for the Soyuz 19 mission, docks in orbit, marking the first such link up between spacecraft from the 2 nations.
Apollo 7. Apollo 1 was to have been the first manned mission, but a fire during training killed all three astronauts in the capsule that should have taken them on the first mission.
Yuri Gagarin of the USSR was.
The first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon was Apollo 8, launched by NASA in December 1968. It was the second crewed mission in the Apollo space program and marked the first time humans had traveled beyond low Earth orbit.
Apollo 8 was the first spacecraft to orbit the moon.
The first US manned orbit of the Earth took place in 1962. John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962, during the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, also known as Friendship 7.
The USSR put Yury Gagarin into earth orbit. He was the first man in space and the first to orbit the earth on April 12, 1961. Mercury
The first international manned space flight occurred on July 17, 1975, when the United States Apollo spacecraft and Soviet Soyuz spacecraft docked in orbit. The mission was known as the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) and marked the beginning of international cooperation in space exploration.