The Soviet Union was the first nation to successfully send a man into space, Yuri A. Gagarin in the Vostok spacecraft which orbited Earth once before returning on the 12th of April 1961.
Canada has never sent a Space Shuttle into space.
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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.
America and russia have sent the most men in space, England and China have also sent men, they use the American craft.
In the 1940s the US sent fruit flies into space
Laika a dog was the first animal in space it was sent by the soviet union
The USSR sent the first animals into space.
Canada has never sent a Space Shuttle into space.
The first thing sent into outer space was a satellite
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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.
the first thing is go to space is satellite
The first cat that sent to the space was Felicette
Yuri Gagarin was the first human both sent to space and also to orbit the Earth.
The first live being sent into space by the USA was a chimpanzee called Hamm.
America and russia have sent the most men in space, England and China have also sent men, they use the American craft.