Scott Carpenter.
The name of John Glenn's space shuttle when he first orbited the Earth in 1962 was Friendship 7.
Two other space stations that have orbited Earth in the past are Mir, which was operated by the Soviet Union and later Russia, and Skylab, which was operated by NASA. Both stations played important roles in advancing human space exploration.
Mercury Friendship 7 (John H. Glenn, USA) was the first spacecraft to orbit the Earth three times.
It didn't First off, sputnik was a "family name" for a series of satellites, but none that went to the Moon. Sputnik only orbited the earth.
The name of the first dog sent to space was Laika. She was a stray dog from the streets of Moscow, and she orbited the Earth aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 in 1957.
The name of John Glenn's space shuttle when he first orbited the Earth in 1962 was Friendship 7.
Two other space stations that have orbited Earth in the past are Mir, which was operated by the Soviet Union and later Russia, and Skylab, which was operated by NASA. Both stations played important roles in advancing human space exploration.
Mercury Friendship 7 (John H. Glenn, USA) was the first spacecraft to orbit the Earth three times.
Vostok 3KA-2, also known as Vostok 1.
Sputnik 1 - launched October 4 1957 (orbited until January 4, 1958)
The first astronaut in space was Russian Yuri Gagarin in April 12, 1961 aboard the Vostok 1 that orbited the Earth. The first American in space, as well as the second person in space, was Alan Shepard on May 5, 1961.
It didn't First off, sputnik was a "family name" for a series of satellites, but none that went to the Moon. Sputnik only orbited the earth.
The name of the first dog sent to space was Laika. She was a stray dog from the streets of Moscow, and she orbited the Earth aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 in 1957.
Paleozoic Era
Mir was launched in 1986, and remained in orbit until March 2001 when it burned up in the earth's atmosphere after it was intentionally de-orbited when its orbit became too low.
proxima centuari
name of all artifical satellites in the solor system