The first space vessel was manned by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, in 1961. He became the first human to journey into outer space and orbit the Earth aboard Vostok 1.
The first manned space flight was by the U.s.s,R in the Sputnik.
The first manned space station was Salyut 1, launched by the Soviet Union in April 1971.
The Mercury Program was the first manned space flight program,
On May 5 1961 Mercury 3 took Alan Shepard to space making it America's first manned space flight
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The first manned space flight was by the U.s.s,R in the Sputnik.
The first manned space station was Salyut 1, launched by the Soviet Union in April 1971.
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The Mercury Program was the first manned space flight program,
On May 5 1961 Mercury 3 took Alan Shepard to space making it America's first manned space flight
The first manned crew to spend Christmas in space was during the Apollo 8 mission. They were the first humans to see the dark side of the moon.
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Yuri Gagarin, a cosmonaut of the USSR (Soviet Union, now Russia) completed the first manned orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961. He was the "first man in space".
On 5 May, 1961 Alan Shepherd was launched on a sub-orbital flight into space aboard Freedom 7, the first manned mission of Project Mercury.
The USSR or Russia. They had the first satellite, the first animal in space, the first manned space flight, and the first space walk. But we beat them to the moon.
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