This was the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who made a complete orbit of the Earth in his Vostok rocket on 12th April 1961.
Tragically, he was killed in a jet aircraft crash in March 1968.
The first rocket to enter space was the German V-2 rocket launched on October 3, 1942. It was an early ballistic missile developed during World War II.
The first rockets to actually reach "space" were the ballistic missiles of World war II Germany, the A4, known popularly as the V-2, in 1942. The first orbiting Earth satellite was the USSR's (Russian) Sputnik in 1957.
The first rocket to reach "space" was a German V-2 (the A4 rocket weapon) launched during World War II. According to test records, the first rocket to reach "space" was likely the fourth test launch on October 3, 1942.
The first monkeys in space were NOT in an aircraft, but in a V2 rocket made in Germany in WW2 and brought to USA after the war.
USSR's Sputnik was the first rocket to go to space successfully probably ade a lot before though.
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The first rocket to enter space was the German V-2 rocket launched on October 3, 1942. It was an early ballistic missile developed during World War II.
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The first rockets to actually reach "space" were the ballistic missiles of World war II Germany, the A4, known popularly as the V-2, in 1942. The first orbiting Earth satellite was the USSR's (Russian) Sputnik in 1957.
The first rocket to reach "space" was a German V-2 (the A4 rocket weapon) launched during World War II. According to test records, the first rocket to reach "space" was likely the fourth test launch on October 3, 1942.
The first monkeys in space were NOT in an aircraft, but in a V2 rocket made in Germany in WW2 and brought to USA after the war.
USSR's Sputnik was the first rocket to go to space successfully probably ade a lot before though.
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The first rocket to go into space was the V-2 rocket, developed in Nazi Germany during World War II. It was launched by the Germans on October 3, 1942, reaching an altitude of 84.5 kilometers (52.5 miles).
It was Dennis Tito. He was the first self-funding tourist to go into space for vacation.
she is important to Chicago because she was the first person to go to space Acually No She was not the first person to go to space she was the 4th African American to enter space but the first FEMALE African American to enter space...
Indeed, anyone can go to space as long as they're fit to do so and have enough money. For a person to go to space, they need to have access to a plane or rocket that will take them into the Earth's orbit. Government officials may also need to be contacted so a person has access to the airspace.