The first spaceship to orbit Earth was the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1. It was launched on October 4, 1957, during the Space Race era between the United States and the Soviet Union.
voyager Explorer 1 was the first US satellite to orbit the earth. It was proceeded by two Soviet Sputnik satellites.
The first spaceship was made in 1957 with the launch of Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union. It was the first artificial satellite to be put into orbit around the Earth.
Sergei Korolyov invented the first spaceship in Moscow, Russia.
John Glenn orbited the Earth in the Friendship 7 spacecraft on February 20, 1962, becoming the first American to orbit our planet.
The first satellite was called Sputnik. The first spaceship to carry a large living organism was called Sputnik II, or "Muttnik" since the creature on board was a small dog named Laika. The Russian Vostok space craft carried the first human, Yuri Gagarin, into earth's orbit. The first American to reach space, Alan Shephard, flew aboard the Mercury capsule on a Redstone rocket named "Freedom 7." He did not, however, orbit the earth.
voyager Explorer 1 was the first US satellite to orbit the earth. It was proceeded by two Soviet Sputnik satellites.
John Glenn first orbited the Earth in 1962 upon the spaceship Friendship 7.
The first spaceship was made in 1957 with the launch of Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union. It was the first artificial satellite to be put into orbit around the Earth.
Sergei Korolyov invented the first spaceship in Moscow, Russia.
The first man made object to orbit the earth was Sputnik 1. Launched by the Russins in 1957
John Glenn orbited the Earth in the Friendship 7 spacecraft on February 20, 1962, becoming the first American to orbit our planet.
The first satellite was called Sputnik. The first spaceship to carry a large living organism was called Sputnik II, or "Muttnik" since the creature on board was a small dog named Laika. The Russian Vostok space craft carried the first human, Yuri Gagarin, into earth's orbit. The first American to reach space, Alan Shephard, flew aboard the Mercury capsule on a Redstone rocket named "Freedom 7." He did not, however, orbit the earth.
Because it has reached the "Orbit" zone in the upper atmosphere where the gravity is only strong enough to keep it from floating off into space, but not strong enough to pull it down back to Earth. Thus why it just travels parallel to the Earth's surface
The first rocket to reach space was a V-2 (V-4)rocket launched in 1942 by the Germans during World War II. The first space satellite to orbit the Earth was Sputnik 1 in 1957. The first manned spacecraft was the Vostok I, which carried Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into Earth orbit on April 12, 1961.
I think you are asking about Sputnik, the first man made object to orbit the earth and scare the crap out of Americans.
Columbia was a Space Shuttle. Space Shuttles travel to an orbit around the Earth and return.
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth.