Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a soviet pilot and cosmonaut. On 12 April 1961, aboard the Vostok 3KA-3 , Gagarin became both the first human to travel into space, and the first to orbit the earth.
Yuri Gagarin was the first human sent to space.
The first space probe to fly past the Moon was the Soviet Luna 1 spacecraft in 1959. Luna 1 was intended to impact the Moon, but instead, it missed the Moon and became the first human-made object to enter orbit around the Sun.
Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly to space on April 12, 1961, aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft. He completed one orbit around Earth during his historic mission.
The first space shuttle to fly in space was named Columbia. It completed its maiden flight on April 12, 1981.
It was designed to fly in space, and its first mission was another test of the space shuttle.
A human was first put into space in April, 1961.
Yuri Gagarin was the first human sent to space.
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to fly in space.
Yuri Gagarin is the first person to fly in space.
Sputnik 2 carried "Laika", a dog, the first living thing, human or otherwise, into space.
The first space probe to fly past the Moon was the Soviet Luna 1 spacecraft in 1959. Luna 1 was intended to impact the Moon, but instead, it missed the Moon and became the first human-made object to enter orbit around the Sun.
On the 12th of April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly to space. He left Earth from the cosmodrome, now located in Kazakhstan which use to be part of the soviet union.
Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly to space on April 12, 1961, aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft. He completed one orbit around Earth during his historic mission.
The first space shuttle to fly in space was named Columbia. It completed its maiden flight on April 12, 1981.
The first woman to fly in space was Valentina Tereshkova aboard Vostok VI in 1983.
Tereshkova flew out on June 16, 1963---the first woman to fly in space.
It was designed to fly in space, and its first mission was another test of the space shuttle.