Yuri Gagarin - Launch date 12th April 1961.
The Soviet Union sent the first man, Yuri Gagarin, into space on April 12, 1961.
Columbia was the first space shuttle sent into space on April 12, 1981, exactly 20 years to the day after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in outer space he was Russian
The United States was in the Space Race with Russia. Russia sent its first man in space first, but the United States retaliated and sent Neil Armstrong to the moon, making him the first man on the moon.
Russia (at the time the Soviet Union) was the first country to send a man into space. The man was cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
The Soviet Union sent the first man, Yuri Gagarin, into space on April 12, 1961.
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Alan Shepard
Columbia was the first space shuttle sent into space on April 12, 1981, exactly 20 years to the day after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in outer space he was Russian
Man first sent an onject into space in 1957. This object was the Soviet Union's satellite Sputnik 1.
The United States was in the Space Race with Russia. Russia sent its first man in space first, but the United States retaliated and sent Neil Armstrong to the moon, making him the first man on the moon.
Russia sent a dog. The USA sent a chimp.
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Russia (at the time the Soviet Union) was the first country to send a man into space. The man was cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
The U.S. sent Astronaut Alan Shepard into space on May 5th, 1961. This was 23 days after the Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space on April 12th, 1961.