The Soviet Union sent the first spacecraft into space. Sputnik 1 launched on October 4, 1957. A year later in 1958 the United States became the second country to travel into space with the launch of Explorer 1.
Russia (at the time the Soviet Union) was the first country to send a man into space. The man was cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in outer space he was Russian
The first person sent into space was Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. He was a Soviet cosmonaut who orbited the Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
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 dog sent to space by Russia was named Laika. She was the first living creature to orbit the Earth aboard the spacecraft Sputnik 2 in 1957.
The Soviet Union (USSR)
In October 1957
Russia (at the time the Soviet Union) was the first country to send a man into space. The man was cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in outer space he was Russian
The USSR sent the first animals into space.
Laika a dog was the first animal in space it was sent by the soviet union
Yuri Gagarin in Vostok 1
valentina tereskhova,a russian.and the spacecraft is vostok 6
The USA sent the first mammal into space, it was a monkey.
Russia
A space probe is an unmanned spacecraft sent into space.
The first person sent into space was Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. He was a Soviet cosmonaut who orbited the Earth aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.