The first spacecraft to come into contact with the moon was the Soviet Luna 2 space probe, which impacted the moon on September 13th 1959.
The first spacecraft to land safely on the moon was the Luna 9 spacecraft, also Soviet, which landed on Febuary 3rd 1966.
The first American satellite (space ship) was Explorer I, launched in 1958.
Alan Shepard flew in the Freedom 7 spacecraft launched by a Redstone rocket
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space. He made his historic flight on April 12, 1961 aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
Spacecraft do not and cannot 'land' in space.
The first winged spacecraft was the Space Shuttle, developed and operated by NASA. The Space Shuttle made its first orbital flight in 1981 and was used for various missions, including transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
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Sputnik from Russia.
The first American satellite (space ship) was Explorer I, launched in 1958.
You go on a spacecraft.
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Into space?
Enterprise
The first man made craft was the Russian craft Sputnik.
Alan Shepard flew in the Freedom 7 spacecraft launched by a Redstone rocket
Spacecraft do not and cannot 'land' in space.
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space. He made his historic flight on April 12, 1961 aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
The did launch them into space many times.