Humans first entered space on April 12th, 1961 when Russian cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin was launched into a single orbit around the Earth. The first American--Alan B. Shepard--followed 3 weeks later on May 5th with a 15-minute suborbital mission.
Animals were the first living thing in space.
April 12, 1961 when a Russian, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to get into space.
That was Sputnik
In 1949, the "Bumper-WAC" became the first human-made object to enter space.
The first living being to enter space was Laika, a dog from the Soviet Union. She traveled in Sputnik 2 in 1957 but unfortunately did not survive the journey.
1961, with Yuri Gagarin (USSR) on Vostok 1
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was the first man to enter space.
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is the first american to enter space
she is important to Chicago because she was the first person to go to space Acually No She was not the first person to go to space she was the 4th African American to enter space but the first FEMALE African American to enter space...
Alan shephard
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Animals were the first living thing in space.
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April 12, 1961 when a Russian, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to get into space.
That was Sputnik
The first American man to enter space was Alan Sheppard on May 5th, 1961.