Yuri Gagarin was the first man in outer space he was Russian
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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.
Russia (at the time the Soviet Union) was the first country to send a man into space. The man was cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
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.
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in outer space he was Russian
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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.
Russia (at the time the Soviet Union) was the first country to send a man into space. The man was cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
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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The first man on the Moon was Neil Armstrong. He was sent to the Moon because the Russians had already sent a man into space and America wanted to beat them so they sent a manned mission to the Moon.