Gene Roddenberry's ashes were carried into space aboard a Pegasus XL rocket in 1997. The rocket was launched by the company Celestis, which offers memorial spaceflights for cremated remains.
Yuri Gagarin was carried to space in the Vostok-1 spacecraft (a Vostok 3KA spacecraft), which was carried into space onboard a Vostok-K (more specifically a Vostok-8K72K) rocket.
Satellite
In July 1950 NASA launched their first rocket into space, the Bumper 2.Launched under the direction of the General Electric Company, Bumper 2 was used primarily for testing rocket systems and for research on the upper atmosphere.
The first successful space rocket was flown by the Soviet Union, with the launch of the R-7 Semyorka rocket on October 4, 1957. This historic launch carried the satellite Sputnik 1 into orbit, marking the beginning of the space age.
No, the first man went up after sputnik's launch. For more info, search "Yuri Gagagarin"
Yuri Gagarin was carried to space in the Vostok-1 spacecraft (a Vostok 3KA spacecraft), which was carried into space onboard a Vostok-K (more specifically a Vostok-8K72K) rocket.
Satellite
The rocket chosen for the Apollo mission was the Saturn 5.
The Saturn rocket.
One invention is the Jupiter-C rocket, which carried the first US satellite into space.
In July 1950 NASA launched their first rocket into space, the Bumper 2.Launched under the direction of the General Electric Company, Bumper 2 was used primarily for testing rocket systems and for research on the upper atmosphere.
The first successful space rocket was flown by the Soviet Union, with the launch of the R-7 Semyorka rocket on October 4, 1957. This historic launch carried the satellite Sputnik 1 into orbit, marking the beginning of the space age.
No, the first man went up after sputnik's launch. For more info, search "Yuri Gagagarin"
the Saturn V rocket carried the Apollo space craft and lunar lander into space the spacecraft itself was like a command center the lunar lander was the actual craft to land on the moon.
a rocket powers the space station into orbit
Freedom 7, on May 5, 1961.
Alan Shepard flew in the Freedom 7 spacecraft launched by a Redstone rocket